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Definition of Adenoid

1. Noun. A collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx). "Enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children"

2. Adjective. Relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue.

Definition of Adenoid

1. a. Glandlike; glandular.

2. n. A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in pl.

Definition of Adenoid

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or relating to lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue; lymphoid. ¹

2. Noun. (anatomy) One of two folds of lymphatic tissue covered by ciliated epithelium. They are found in the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the back of the throat behind the uvula. They may obstruct normal breathing and make speech difficult when swollen, a condition often called adenitis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adenoid

1. an enlarged lymphoid growth behind the pharynx [n -S]

Medical Definition of Adenoid

1. Lymphoid tissue which forms a prominence on the wall of the pharyngeal recess of the nasopharynx. A mass of lymphoid tissue in the upper part of throat behind the nose. (25 Jun 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adenoid

adenocystoma adenocyte adenodiastasis adenodynia adenoepithelioma adenofibroma adenofibrosis adenogenous adenographic adenography

adenohypophyses adenohypophysial adenohypophysis adenohypophysitis adenoid (current term) adenoid cystic carcinoma adenoid facies adenoid squamous cell carcinoma adenoid tissue adenoid tumour

adenoidal adenoidal-pharyngeal-conjunctival virus adenoidally adenoidectomies adenoidectomy adenoidism adenoiditis adenoiditises adenoids

Literary usage of Adenoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"... Infections of the Pharyngeal adenoid Tissue in Adults. —From ten cases occurring in her own private practice, DR. ALICE G. BRYANT (Jour. Amer. Med. ..."

2. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1902)
"When the adenoid structure is enlarged there are usually sufficient local symptoms ... The systemic phenomena associated with infection through this adenoid ..."

3. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1909)
"adenoid GROWTHS AS A CAUSE OF DEAFNESS* ONE common cause of partial deafness in the school child is the presence in the naso-pharynx or back of the nose of ..."

4. The Diseases of infancy and childhood by Henry Koplik (1918)
"In 1868 Meyer, of Copenhagen, first drew attention to adenoid growths as a ... The adenoid growths occur at all ages from the newborn infant to old age. ..."

5. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt, John Howland (1911)
"The term adenoid vegetations was given to them by Meyer, who first described them in ... adenoid vegetations are associated with hypertrophy of the faucial ..."

6. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"Sinoo multiplication of leucocytes appears to be continually going on in the adenoid tissue, and since the follicles do not increase indefinitely in size, ..."

7. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"In the second place the interstices of this vascular network are filled up with adenoid tissue the fine meshes of which are crowded with leucocytes of ..."

8. An introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy by Thomas Henry Green (1881)
"Showing the adenoid-like structure met with in large portions of these nodules, x 200. is sometimes dense and well marked, whilst in other cases it is much ..."

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