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Waldeyer's rings

Waldeyer's rings is the plural of Waldeyer's ring.

Meaning of Waldeyer's ring

Noun

Waldeyer's ring (plural Waldeyer's rings)

  1. The ring of lymphoid tissue in the pharynx.
    • Lymphomas of the face and neck encompass lymphomatous processes affecting Waldeyer's ring, the facial structures, the thyroid gland, the salivary glands, cervical lymph nodes, the larynx, and the ear.2012, Jean-Noel Bruneton, Maurice Schneider, Radiology of Lymphomas, page 31

Questions about Waldeyer's rings

What is Waldeyer's rings the plural of?
Waldeyer's rings is the plural of Waldeyer's ring.

Words near Waldeyer's rings in the dictionary

  1. Waldenström's macroglobulinemia
  2. Waldenström's uveoparotitis
  3. Walder
  4. Walders
  5. Waldeyer's ring
  6. Waldeyer's rings
  7. waldflute
  8. waldflutes
  9. waldgrave
  10. waldgraves
  11. Waldheim

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