third tonsil 详细解释

third tonsil

[医] 咽扁桃体

英英释义

名词 third tonsil:

a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)

同义词:pharyngeal tonsil, adenoid, Luschka's tonsil, tonsilla pharyngealis, tonsilla adenoidea