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faucial tonsil, palatine tonsil, tonsil, tonsilla
either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
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lien, spleen
a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
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lymph gland, lymph node, node
the source of lymph and lymphocytes
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Luschka's tonsil, adenoid, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis
a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
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axillary node
any of the lymph glands of the armpit; fights infections in the neck and chest and arm regions
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Peter's gland, Peyer's patch
any of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon
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bubo
a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
