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Pharyngeal tonsil Moderate

Pharyngeal tonsil has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"

"enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children"

2

An adenoid.

See Also
adenoid
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
lymphatic tissue
Rhyming Words
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