pharyngeal tonsil - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

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

More generic

• lymphatic tissue
• lymphoid tissue

Related

• pharynx
• throat

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