pharyngeal tonsil

英 美
  • 腺样增殖体,路施卡氏咽囊,咽扁桃体
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"

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