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▸ adjective: Of or relating to lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue.
▸ adjective: Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
▸ adjective: Relating to, affected with, or associated with abnormally enlarged adenoids.
▸ noun: (medicine) an abnormally enlarged mass of lymphatic tissue at the back of the pharynx, often obstructing the nasal and ear passages and hindering speaking and breathing in young children.
▸ noun: (anatomy, usually in the plural) Such a mass when not abnormally enlarged, covered by ciliated epithelium and located in the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the back of the throat behind the uvula.
▸ Also see adenoid
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enlarged,
large,
human,
hypertrophied,
infected,
diseased,
postnasal,
nasal,
obstructive,
pharyngeal,
nasopharyngeal
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