pharyngeal bursitis

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• pharyngeal bursitis — Tornwaldt b …   Medical dictionary

• Tornwaldt (Thornwaldt) bursitis — chronic inflammation of the pharyngeal bursa, with formation of a pus containing cyst, and nasopharyngeal stenosis; called also pharyngeal b. and Tornwaldt disease …   Medical dictionary

• Bursa — A bursa is a closed fluid filled sac that functions to provide a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. When the bursa becomes inflamed, the condition is known as "bursitis." Most commonly this is not an… …   Medical dictionary

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary