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Adenoid   Listen
noun
Adenoid  n.  
1.
(Med.) Lymphoid tissue in the roof of the nasopharynx; often in the pl.
2.
(Med.) A swelling produced by overgrowth of adenoid (1) tissue; usually in pl.





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"Adenoid" Quotes from Famous Books



... should imagine, was the adenoid victim, looked first at me and next at Timothy, and then blew his nose vigorously. It was not an ordinary blast, but had a peculiarly musical timbre, very much like the note of a mouth-organ. It certainly attracted Timothy's attention, for he at once looked round and the glimmer ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920 • Various


Words linked to "Adenoid" :   tonsilla adenoidea, lymphatic tissue, Luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, tonsilla pharyngealis, third tonsil


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