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lingual tonsils

lingual tonsils is the plural of lingual tonsil.

Meaning of lingual tonsil

Noun

lingual tonsil (plural lingual tonsils)

  1. A rounded mass or group of small nodules of lymphatic tissue that cover the base of the tongue just anterior to the epiglottis.

Questions about lingual tonsils

What is lingual tonsils the plural of?
Lingual tonsils is the plural of lingual tonsil.

Words near lingual tonsils in the dictionary

  1. lingual bones
  2. lingual gyrus
  3. lingual nerve
  4. lingual nerves
  5. lingual tonsil
  6. lingual tonsils
  7. linguales
  8. lingualis
  9. linguality
  10. lingualization
  11. lingualizations

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