palatine tonsil | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun palatine tonsil has 1 sense

tonsil, palatine tonsil, faucial tonsil, tonsilla - either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
--₁ is a kind of lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue
--₁ is a part of nasopharynx