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pillar of the fauces

n :  either of two curved folds on each side that bound the fauces and enclose the tonsil - called also arch of the fauces , palatine arch  - see PALATOGLOSSAL ARCH PALATOPHARYNGEAL ARCH  .
 
 

 
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