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adenoid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun adenoid has 1 sense
- adenoid(n = noun.body) luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis - a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx); "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"; "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children" is a kind of lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue
is a part of pharynx, throat
Derived forms adjective adenoid1, adjective adenoidal1
Adjective adenoid has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
adenoid, n.
A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in pl. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
adenoid, a.
Glandlike; glandular. [1913 Webster]
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