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adenoid
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????????? (adenoeid?s), from ???? (ad?n, “gland”) and ????? (eîdos, “form”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æd n???d/
Adjective
adenoid (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Of or relating to lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue; lymphoid.
Noun
adenoid (plural adenoids)
- (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.
- Synonyms: Luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis
- Hypernym: tonsil
- Coordinate terms: lingual tonsil, palatine tonsil
Derived terms
- adenoidal
- adenoidectomy
Translations
References
- adenoid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- adenoid on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- adenoid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- adenoid at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- adeonid
Romanian
Etymology
From French adénoïde
Adjective
adenoid m or n (feminine singular adenoid?, masculine plural adenoizi, feminine and neuter plural adenoide)
- adenoid
Declension
adenoid From the web:
- what adenoids
- what adenoids do
- what adenoids look like
- what's adenoids and tonsils
- what adenoid mean
- what adenoids means in arabic
- what's adenoid facies
- what's adenoids mean in spanish
adenopathy
English
Etymology
adeno- +? -pathy
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æ.d??n?.p?.?i/
Noun
adenopathy (countable and uncountable, plural adenopathies)
- (medicine) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
Synonyms
- adenitis (often synonymous)
- lymphadenitis (often synonymous)
- lymphadenopathy (often synonymous)
- lymphitis (often synonymous)
Translations
adenopathy From the web:
- what adenopathy mean
- what is adenopathy in the lungs
- what is adenopathy in the neck
- what is adenopathy in the abdominal
- what is adenopathy in the chest
- what is adenopathy in the thyroid
- what does adenopathy
- what is mediastinal adenopathy
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