Word "ADENOID" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
Synonyms:
luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis
Examples:
hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids
enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children

Definition:
relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue

Crossword Clues for ADENOID

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Lymphoid throat mass Premier Sunday 20 Jul 2025
Pharyngeal tissue LA Times Daily 21 Mar 2025
Tonsil's neighbour (7)
Growth near the tonsil area
Bloodstained, blots out to find gland (7)
Adjective relating to gland (7)
Mass in the throat Premier Sunday 04 Aug 2024
This time, Dione returned with enlarged tissue at the back of the throat (7)
Lymphoid throat mass Premier Sunday 12 May 2024
Resembling a gland The Times Concise 24 Aug 2022
Structure near a tonsil Premier Sunday 16 Jan 2022
It's behind the uvula Universal 05 Feb 2018
It's behind the uvula
Lymphatic mass near a tonsil Jonesin 05 Dec 2017
Structure near a tonsil Premier Sunday 13 Aug 2017
Throat issue revealed by a study - one conducted in old Delhi
Growth near the tonsil Universal 06 Mar 2017
Growth near the tonsil
Tonsil's neighbor Family Time 08 Feb 2016
Glandular infection's outbreak, one about to be caught by tot The Guardian Cryptic 01 Oct 2015
Tonsil's neighbor Universal 19 Sep 2015
Tonsil's neighbor USA Today 12 Mar 2015
Tonsil's neighbor
Of the lymph glands
Mass near a tonsil
It's near a tonsil
Mass in the throat
Lymphoid mass in the throat
Tonsil neighbor
Lymphoid throat mass
Tonsil's neighbor
Breathing obstruction
Uvula neighbor
Tonsil's neighbor
Tonsil's neighbor
Throat tissue
Throat thing, behind the nose
A study of papers relating to glands
It's above the tonsil
Breathing impediment
Glandlike
Of lymph glands
Pharyngeal mass
Breathing obstruction, sometimes
Tonsil's neighbor
Glandular
Nasal in tone
Breathing obstruction
Glandlike.
Tonsil's relative.
Tissue near the tonsil
Upper pharynx tissue.
Like a gland.
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