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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Address \Ad*dress"\, v. t.
{To address the ball} (Golf), to take aim at the ball,
adjusting the grip on the club, the attitude of the body,
etc., to a convenient position. Adenoid \Ad"e*noid\, n.
(Med.)
A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in
the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in pl
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adenoid \Ad"e*noid\, Adenoidal \Ad`e*noid"al\a.
Glandlike glandular.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
adenoid
adj : relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid
tissue
n : a mass of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula;
"enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of
children" [syn: {pharyngeal tonsil}]
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