PHARYNGEAL TONSIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pharyngeal tonsil mean? 

• PHARYNGEAL TONSIL (noun)
  The noun PHARYNGEAL TONSIL has 1 sense:

1. a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)

  Familiarity information: PHARYNGEAL TONSIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHARYNGEAL TONSIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

adenoid; Luschka's tonsil; pharyngeal tonsil; third tonsil; tonsilla adenoidea; tonsilla pharyngealis

Context example:

enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children

Hypernyms ("pharyngeal tonsil" is a kind of...):

lymphatic tissue; lymphoid tissue (tissue making up the lymphatic system)

Holonyms ("pharyngeal tonsil" is a part of...):

pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)

 Context examples 

Removal of tissue from the pharyngeal tonsil for microscopic examination.

(Biopsy of Pharyngeal Tonsil, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgical removal of the pharyngeal tonsils (adenoids).

(Adenoidectomy, NCI Thesaurus)