adenoid

English

The adenoids

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Adjective

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.

Noun

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

Synonyms

• pharyngeal tonsil

Derived terms

• adenoid cystic carcinoma
• adenoidal
• adenoidectomy
• adenoidism
• adenoiditis

Translations

folds of lymphatic tissue

• Bulgarian: аденои́д m (adenoíd)
• Catalan: adenoide (ca) f, amígdala faríngia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腺樣體／腺样体 (xiànyàngtǐ); 增殖體／增殖体 (zēngzhítǐ), 咽扁桃體／咽扁桃体 (yān biǎntáotǐ)

• Czech: nosní mandle (cs) f
• Dutch: amandel (nl) c
• Finnish: kitarisa (fi)
• French: adénoïde (fr) m or f
• German: Mandel (de) f, Nasenpolyp m, Polyp (de) m
• Hungarian: garatmandula (hu)
• Irish: adanóid f pl
• Italian: adenoide (it) f
• Japanese: 腺様 (せんよう, sen'yō)
• Polish: adenoid (pl) m, migdałek gardłowy m
• Portuguese: adenoide f
• Romanian: adenoid (ro) n
• Russian: адено́ид (ru) m (adɛnóid)
• Slovene: žrelnica f
• Spanish: adenoide (es) f

References

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

Anagrams

• adeonid

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓δήν (adḗn, “gland”) +‎ -oid. First attested in 1872.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɛˈnɔ.it/

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

Noun

adenoid m inan

1. (anatomy) adenoid

   Synonym: migdałek gardłowy

Declension

Declension of adenoid

	singular	plural
nominative	adenoid	adenoidy
genitive	adenoidu	adenoidów
dative	adenoidowi	adenoidom
accusative	adenoid	adenoidy
instrumental	adenoidem	adenoidami
locative	adenoidzie	adenoidach
vocative	adenoidzie	adenoidy

Derived terms

adjective

• adenoidalny

 

Further reading

• adenoid in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• adenoid in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French adénoïde.

Adjective

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

1. adenoid

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	adenoid		adenoidă		adenoizi	adenoide
	definite	adenoidul		adenoida		adenoizii	adenoidele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	adenoid		adenoide		adenoizi	adenoide
	definite	adenoidului		adenoidei		adenoizilor	adenoidelor