Either of the two small almond-shaped masses of lymph tissue found on either side of the oropharynx. [ MP : 0002380 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/cwg ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsil
- BTO:0001387
- VHOG:0001139
- NCIT:C12802
- MESH:A03.867.603.925
- MA:0000143
- FMA:9609
- GAID:341
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1519548
- UMLS:C0836921 (ncithesaurus:Tonsil)
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=671
- EMAPA:35871
- CALOHA:TS-1053
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0836921
- UMLS:C1519548 (ncithesaurus:Tonsillar_Lymphoid_Tissue)
- EFO:0001401
- EV:0100052
- UMLS:C1519547 (ncithesaurus:Tonsilar_Tissue)
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1519547
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVivrZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
curator note
- the term 'tonsil' can be ambiguous, sometimes refering specifically to the palatine tonsil, sometimes generically to include the cecal tonsils of avians. This class represents lymphoid tissue that is part of the tonsillar ring, in the mouth/throat region
definition
- Either of the two small almond-shaped masses of lymph tissue found on either side of the oropharynx.
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- Mandel
id
- UBERON:0002372
Term relations
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