Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx);
- Example: "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"- Example: "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children"[syn: pharyngeal tonsil, adenoid, Luschka's tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla pharyngealis, tonsilla adenoidea]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tonsilla adenoidea
n 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"
[syn: pharyngeal tonsil, adenoid, Luschka's tonsil,
third tonsil, tonsilla pharyngealis, tonsilla
adenoidea]