WordNet: Luschka's tonsil, adenoid, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis

Sanatista
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"



Luschka's tonsil


adenoid

  • (englanti) adenoidal (derivationally related)


pharyngeal tonsil


third tonsil


tonsilla adenoidea


tonsilla pharyngealis