English
Detailed Synonyms for third tonsil in English
third tonsil:
third tonsil [the ~] noun
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the third tonsil
– a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx) 1the pharyngeal tonsil; the third tonsil; the tonsilla adenoidea; the tonsilla pharyngealis; the Luschka's tonsil; the adenoid– a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx) 1