Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adenoid"
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) 1.7 (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}]
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