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palatine tonsil
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Noun palatine tonsil has 1 sense
- palatine tonsil(n = noun.body) faucial tonsil, tonsil, tonsilla - either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx; Array is a kind of lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue
is a part of nasopharynx
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