palatine tonsil

English

Palatine tonsils

Noun

palatine tonsil (plural palatine tonsils)

1. (anatomy) One of the two tonsils that can be seen on the left and right sides at the back of the throat.

Synonyms

• tonsil
• faucial tonsil

Coordinate terms

• adenoid
• lingual tonsil

Translations

palatine tonsil

• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: krční mandle (cs) f
• Finnish: nielurisa (fi)
• French: tonsille palatine f
• German: Gaumenmandel f
• Gujarati: ગળાનો કાકડો (gaḷāno kākḍo)
• Hungarian: szájpadmandula (hu)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: halsmandel (sv) c, tonsill (sv)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can