tonsilla pharyngealis
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: pharyngeal tonsil, adenoid,
Luschka's tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea]