pillar of the fauces

pillar of the fauces
: one of the lateral bounding folds of the fauces

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  • pillar of the fauces — n either of two curved folds on each side that bound the fauces and enclose the tonsil called also arch of the fauces, palatine arch see PALATOGLOSSAL ARCH …   Medical dictionary

  • anterior pillar of the fauces — n PALATOGLOSSAL ARCH …   Medical dictionary

  • posterior pillar of the fauces — n PALATOPHARYNGEAL ARCH …   Medical dictionary

  • arch of the fauces — pillar of the fauces …   Useful english dictionary

  • arch of the fauces — n PILLAR OF THE FAUCES …   Medical dictionary

  • Pillars of the fauces — Pillar Pil lar, n. [OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium, pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See {Pile} a heap.] 1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pillar — A structure or part having a resemblance to a column or p.. [L. pila] anterior p. of fauces palatoglossal arch. anterior p. of fornix SYN: column of fornix. Corti pillars SYN: p. cells, under c …   Medical dictionary

  • Pillar — Pil lar, n. [OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium, pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See {Pile} a heap.] 1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pillar saint — Pillar Pil lar, n. [OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium, pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See {Pile} a heap.] 1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pillar — n. (in anatomy) an elongated apparently supportive structure. For example, the pillars of the fauces are folds of mucous membrane on either side of the opening from the mouth to the pharynx …   The new mediacal dictionary

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