Adenoid

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adenoid \Ad"e*noid\, Adenoidal \Ad`e*noid"al\a.
     Glandlike; glandular.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Adenoid \Ad"e*noid\, n.
     1. (Med.) Lymphoid tissue in the roof of the nasopharynx; --
        often in the pl. --Stedman 25.
        [AS]
  
     2. (Med.) A swelling produced by overgrowth of adenoid[1]
        tissue; -- usually in pl. --AS
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adenoid \ Ad"e*noid\, adj.
     1. (Med.) Of or relating to a gland.
        [AS]
  
     2. (Med.) Pertaining to adenoids[2]. --Merriam Webster
        Medical Dictionary.
        [AS] Adenoid

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adenoid
       adj : relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid
             tissue
       n : 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" [syn: {pharyngeal tonsil}, {Luschka's
           tonsil}, {third tonsil}, {tonsilla pharyngealis}, {tonsilla
           adenoidea}]