1) Breathing impediment 2) Breathing obstruction 3) Glandlike 4) Lymphatic mass 5) Lymphatic mass near a tonsil 6) Lymphatic tissue 7) Lymphoid mass in the throat 8) Lymphoid throat mass 9) Lymphoid tissue 10) Mass in the throat 11) Mass near a tonsil 12) Nasal in tone 13) Nasality cause 14) Of a gland
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The adenoid, also known as a pharyngeal tonsil or nasopharyngeal tonsil, is a mass of lymphatic tissue situated posterior to the nasal cavity, in the roof of the nasopharynx, where the nose blends into the throat. Normally, in children, it forms a soft mound in the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx, just above and behind the uvula. ==Stru...
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of, like or pertaining to or like a gland
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• (a.) Alt. of Adenoidal • (n.) A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in pl.
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<anatomy> 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) ...
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(ad´ә-noid) pharyngeal tonsil. pertaining to the pharyngeal tonsils or to hypertrophy of them. resembling a gland. (in the pl.) hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils, usually seen in children; this may cause obstruction of the outlet from the nose so that the child breathes chie...
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Ad'e·noid noun (Medicine) A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ad′ĕ-noyd Definitions: 1. Glandlike; of glandular appearance. 2. Epithelial and lymphatic unencapsulated structure located on the posterior wall of the nasopharynx. It undergoes absolute and relative enlargement during childhood and regresses during puberty. Inflammatory and physiologic enlargement is associated...
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adj] - relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue
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adenoid Resembling a gland; when used in the plural, adenoids, they refer to lymphoid tissue that normally exists in the nasopharynx of children and is known in medicine as the pharyngeal tonsil.
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adjective relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue
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Greek aden = a gland, eidos = shape or form.
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Usually,an enlarged mass of lymphoid tissue in the upper pharynx, often obstructing breathing through the nasal passages. See diag. under
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