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

Between these two arches are the palatine tonsils, clusters of lymphoid tissue that protect the pharynx.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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

Returning to Germany, he became privy councillor to the elector palatine Philip, whom he assisted in bringing the university of Heidelberg to the height of its fame.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various