Noun has 1 sense

• third tonsil(n = noun.body) adenoid, luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal 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); "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children"; "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"