HyperDic: faucial_tonsil

English > 1 sense of the expression faucial tonsil:
NOUNbodyfaucial tonsil, tonsil, palatine tonsil, tonsillaeither of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
English > faucial tonsil: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningEither of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx.
Synonymstonsil, palatine tonsil, tonsilla
Part ofnasopharynxcavity forming the upper part of the pharynx
Broaderlymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissuetissue making up the lymphatic system
Spanishamígdala, amígdala palatina, tonsilla
Catalanamígdala, amígdala palatina, tonsilla

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