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U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Palatine Tonsil. A round-to-oval mass of lymphoid tissue embedded in the lateral wall of the PHARYNX. There is one on each side of the oropharynx in the fauces between the anterior and posterior pillars of the SOFT PALATE.
(1) The tonsils are situated one on each side of the oropharynx, lodged in a tonsillar fossa that is attached to folds of membrane containing muscle. One pair, the palatine tonsils, is the only lymphatic organ covered with stratified squamous epithelium. The lateral surface of each tonsil is usually covered with a fibrous capsule.