palatine tonsil

Preferred Label : palatine tonsil;

Definition : A round-to-oval mass of lymphoid tissue embedded in the lateral wall of the pharynx situated on each side of the fauces, between the anterior and posterior pillars of the soft palate (palate, soft). [MeSH];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0040421;

Details

Origin ID

RID10010;

UMLS CUI

C0040421;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire palatine tonsil (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Palatine tonsil [ICD-11 Extension code]
- palatine tonsil [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Palatine Tonsil [NCIt concept]
- Palatine tonsil [FMA entity]
- Palatine tonsillar structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- palatine tonsil [MeSH concept]
- palatine tonsil [MeSH Descriptor]
Member of
- pharyngeal lymphoid ring [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Palatine Tonsil [NCIt concept]
- Palatine tonsil [FMA entity]
- Palatine tonsillar structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- palatine tonsil [MeSH Descriptor]
- palatine tonsil [MeSH concept]
- palatine tonsil [UBERON concept]
- tonsil, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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