Waldeyer's tonsillar ring

noun

: a partial ring of tonsillar or adenoid tissue formed by the two palatine tonsils, the pharyngeal tonsil, and the lingual tonsil

Word History

Etymology

after Heinrich von Waldeyer-Hartz

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