Usually means: Depression where tonsils are located.
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  1. tonsillar fossa: Dictionary.com
  2. Tonsillar fossa: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  3. tonsillar fossa, Tonsillar fossa: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Tonsillar fossa)

noun:  The tonsillar fossa (or tonsillar sinus) is a space delineated by the triangular fold (plica triangularis) of the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches within the lateral wall of the oral cavity.


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