National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Pharyngeal Tonsil

Synonyms

nasopharyngeal tonsil

tonsilla pharyngealis

tonsil of Luschka

pharyngeal tonsil

TONSIL, PHARYNGEAL

PHARYNGEAL TONSIL

Pharyngeal Tonsil

Tonsil (Pharyngeal)

Adenoid

adenoid

Definitions

A fold of lymphatic tissue covered by ciliated epithelium at the very back of the nose, in the roof of the nasopharynx.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33318

ALT_DEFINITION

A tonsil in the mucosa of the nasopharynx.

The lymph tissue in the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx.

code

C33318

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157711

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77529

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C198975

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177537

Contributing_Source

CDISC

GDC

UBERON

DEFINITION

A fold of lymphatic tissue covered by ciliated epithelium at the very back of the nose, in the roof of the nasopharynx.

FULL_SYN

nasopharyngeal tonsil

tonsilla pharyngealis

tonsil of Luschka

pharyngeal tonsil

TONSIL, PHARYNGEAL

PHARYNGEAL TONSIL

Pharyngeal Tonsil

Tonsil (Pharyngeal)

Adenoid

adenoid

Is_Value_For_GDC_Property

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C70729

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C171435

label

Pharyngeal Tonsil

Legacy Concept Name

Pharyngeal_Tonsil

Maps_To

Tonsil (Pharyngeal)

Adenoid

Preferred_Name

Pharyngeal Tonsil

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C33318

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0001428

xRef

UBERON:0001732

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12802

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