adenoid

Late 19th century borrowing from French adénoïde, from New Latin adenoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓δενοειδής (ădenoeidḗs, “glandular”), from ᾰ̓δήν (ădḗn, “gland”) +‎ -ο- (-o-) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”); equivalent to aden- +‎ -oid. The noun is derived from ellipsis of tumeur adénoïde (“glandular tumor”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈad.ɪn.ɔɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.əˌnɔɪd/, /ˈædˌnɔɪd/

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adenoid (not comparable)

1. (medicine, relational)
   1. Of or relating to lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue.

      Synonym: lymphoid

   2. Of or pertaining to the adenoids.

      Synonym: adenoidal

   3. Relating to, affected with, or associated with abnormally enlarged adenoids.

adenoid (plural adenoids)

1. (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.
3. (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.

   Synonyms: Luschka's tonsil, nasopharyngeal tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis

   Hypernym: tonsil

   Coordinate terms: lingual tonsil, palatine tonsil

• pharyngeal tonsil

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adenoid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “adenoid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “adenoids”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “adenoid”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Category:adenoids on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• adeonid

Borrowed from English adenoid, from French adénoïde, from New Latin adenoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓δενοειδής (ădenoeidḗs, “glandular”), from ᾰ̓δήν (ădḗn, “gland”) +‎ -ο- (-o-) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /adeˈnoid/ [a.deˈno.ɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -oid
• Syllabification: a‧de‧no‧id

adenoid (plural adenoid-adenoid)

1. adenoid:
   1. (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
   3. (anatomy) 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

• amandel

• “adenoid”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓δήν (ădḗn, “gland”) + Polish -oid.^[1] First attested in 1872.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /a.dɛˈnɔ.it/

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• Rhymes: -ɔit
• Syllabification: a‧de‧no‧id

adenoid m inan

1. (anatomy) adenoid

   Synonym: migdałek gardłowy

• “adenoid”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• adenoid in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Borrowed from French adénoïde.

adenoid m or n (feminine singular adenoidă, masculine plural adenoizi, feminine/neuter plural adenoide)

1. adenoid