See Also: Waldeyer(medicine)
Waldeyer(dictionary)
Waldeyer's fossae(medicine)
Waldeyer's glands(medicine)
Waldeyer's sheath(medicine)
Waldeyer's space(medicine)
Waldeyer's tract(medicine)
Waldeyer's throat ring(medicine)
Waldeyer's zonal layer(medicine)

Waldeyer (iou)



Waldeyer noun. E20.
[Heinrich W. G. von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836-1921), German anatomist.]
Anatomy. Used in possess. to designate various anatomical structures described by von Waldeyer-Hartz.
Waldeyer's ring, Waldeyer's tonsillar ring a circular system of lymphoid tissue around the throat, formed by the tonsils and the pharyngeal and lingual adenoids.