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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Adenoid

/ăd'-ən-oidˌ/ · Ad·e·noid · IPA /ˈæd.əˌnɔɪd/
01 a. Glandlike; glandular.
  1. 1.
    Glandlike; glandular.
02 n. A swelling produced by overgrowth of adenoid tissue; -- usually in pl.
  1. 1.
    A swelling produced by overgrowth of adenoid tissue; -- usually in pl.(Med.)
  2. 2.
    Lymphoid tissue in the roof of the nasopharynx; -- often in the pl.(Med.)