palatine
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The palatine tonsils are on the sides of the throat, and there are also lingual tonsils on the back of the tongue.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2017
The book was spectacularly ill timed, although it earned Apian a position as court astronomer to Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and eventually the title of imperial count palatine.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2014
A palatine tonsil is one of a pair of structures located laterally in the oropharynx in the area of the fauces.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Between these two arches are the palatine tonsils, clusters of lymphoid tissue that protect the pharynx.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Frankenthal was formerly famous for its porcelain factory, established here in 1755 by Paul Anton Hannong of Strassburg, who sold it in 1762 to the elector palatine Charles Theodore.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
