Search Result for "tonsilla_pharyngealis":
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 pharyngealis 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]