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Meanings of palatine tonsil in English
Either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx.
Usage of palatine tonsil in English
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The palatine tonsil is the most important element of Waldeyer's ring as a defense mechanism against various microorganisms.
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We describe the case of a 37-year old male who presented with a schwannoma in his right palatine tonsil.
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We here report a rare case of AITL involving palatine tonsil as primary site and give a review of the literature.
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In the palatine tonsil, the infected cells were not found in the stratified squamous epithelium that is adjacent to the pharynx.
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The mean epithelial surface area of the paired palatine tonsil was 7.14 cm(2) and that of the pharyngeal tonsil was 23.5 cm(2).
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The recurrent and chronic inflammation of palatine tonsils sometimes results in hypertrophy.
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With laryngoscopy, there was a marked outgrowth of the bilateral palatine tonsils proximal to the vocal cord.
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The musk shrew, Suncus murinus, is one of the primitive mammals and has a pair of palatine tonsils.
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We did not observe any reactivity of CD98 in nasopharyngeal tonsil epithelium and lymphoid cells of either nasopharyngeal or palatine tonsils.