Waldeyer's ring
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after the 19th-century German anatomist Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Waldeyer's ring (plural Waldeyer's rings)
- (anatomy) The ring of lymphoid tissue in the pharynx.
- 2012, Jean-Noel Bruneton, Maurice Schneider, Radiology of Lymphomas, page 31:
- 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.
- 2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 28:
- The other parts of Waldeyer’s ring are, in fact, very bad at providing a hideout for bacteria.