pharyngeal tonsil

Noun pharyngeal tonsil has 1 sense

• pharyngeal tonsil(n = noun.body) adenoid, luschka's tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis - 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"
is a kind of lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue
is a part of pharynx, throat