eng: third tonsil

Information
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Meaning
means	(noun) 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" third tonsil, adenoid, pharyngeal tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, Luschka's tonsil, tonsilla pharyngealis