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pharyngeal tonsil 
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(TTS Sound)Overview of noun pharyngeal_tonsil
The noun pharyngeal tonsil has 1 sense
- pharyngeal tonsil, adenoid, Luschka's tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla pharyngealis, tonsilla adenoidea -- (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")