tonsilla pharyngealis
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
n
a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
Example Sentences
- "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"
- "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children"