English Noun pharyngeal tonsil (plural pharyngeal tonsils) (anatomy) Synonym of adenoid. Translations pharyngeal tonsil — see adenoid References “pharyngeal tonsil”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “pharyngeal tonsil”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.