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Meaning of adenoid

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  adenoid
      adj 1: relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid
             tissue
      n 1: 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}, {adenoid}, {Luschka's tonsil},
           {third tonsil}, {tonsilla pharyngealis}, {tonsilla
           adenoidea}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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