Meanings
plural Waldeyer's rings · alternative Waldeyer's tonsillar ring
- anatomyThe ring of lymphoid tissue in the pharynx.
The other parts of Waldeyer’s ring are, in fact, very bad at providing a hideout for bacteria.
2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 281 more example
Lymphomas of the face and neck encompass lymphomatous processes affecting Waldeyer's ring, the facial structures, the thyroid gland, the salivary glands, cervical lymph nodes, the larynx, and the ear.
2012, Jean-Noel Bruneton, Maurice Schneider, Radiology of Lymphomas, page 31
Origin
Named after the 19th-century German anatomist Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz.
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