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Noun: palatine tonsil
  1. Either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
    - tonsil, faucial tonsil, tonsilla

Derived forms: palatine tonsils

Type of: lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue

Part of: nasopharynx

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