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adenoids definition

adenoids


 
  Grep  of  noun  adenoid 
  adenoid 
  adenoidectomy 
 
  Overview  of  noun  adenoid 
 
  The  noun  adenoid  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  pharyngeal  tonsil,  adenoid,  Luschka's  tonsil,  third  tonsil,  tonsilla  pharyngealis  tonsilla  adenoidea  --  (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") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  adenoid 
 
  The  noun  adenoid  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  pharyngeal  tonsil,  adenoid,  Luschka's  tonsil,  third  tonsil,  tonsilla  pharyngealis  tonsilla  adenoidea  --  (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") 



adenoids definition