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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 pharyngeal tonsil 名詞
 咽扁桃體

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pharyngeal tonsil
      n : 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" [syn: adenoid, Luschka's tonsil,
           third tonsil, tonsilla pharyngealis, tonsilla
           adenoidea]