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- noun Plural form of
adenoid .
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Examples
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Some people find it difficult to breathe through the nostrils on account of growths, called adenoids, in the nose.
General Science Bertha M. Clark
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These swollen glands are called adenoids, and cause not only mouth-breathing, but deafness, loss of appetite, indigestion, headache, and a stupid, tired condition; so that children that are _mouth-breathers_ are often two or more grades behind in school, poor students, and even stunted and undersized.
A Handbook of Health Woods Hutchinson 1896
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34 Some children find it difficult to breathe through the nostrils on account of growths (called adenoids) in the upper pharynx.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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Glandular growths in the upper part of the throat opposite the back of the nasal cavities are known as "adenoids"; they often completely block the air passage at this point, so that breathing through the nose becomes difficult.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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Not like it really matters to Republican voters who exist inside an ideological bubble the size of Mark Levin's adenoids, but here's the truth from Politifact.
Bob Cesca: Rick Perry's Epic Lying Could Make Him the Next President Bob Cesca 2011
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Not like it really matters to Republican voters who exist inside an ideological bubble the size of Mark Levin's adenoids, but here's the truth from Politifact.
Bob Cesca: Rick Perry's Epic Lying Could Make Him the Next President Bob Cesca 2011
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Treatment for upper airway obstruction often includes surgery to remove the tonsils and adenoids.
Sleep Disorders 2010
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Not like it really matters to Republican voters who exist inside an ideological bubble the size of Mark Levin's adenoids, but here's the truth from Politifact.
Bob Cesca: Rick Perry's Epic Lying Could Make Him the Next President Bob Cesca 2011
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My earliest scars are from when my tonsils and adenoids were removed.
Lea Lane: Scars of a Life Lea Lane 2010
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Not like it really matters to Republican voters who exist inside an ideological bubble the size of Mark Levin's adenoids, but here's the truth from Politifact.
Bob Cesca: Rick Perry's Epic Lying Could Make Him the Next President Bob Cesca 2011
mckemper commented on the word adenoids
Adenoids (or pharyngeal tonsils, or nasopharyngeal tonsils) are a mass of lymphoid tissue situated at the very back of the nose, in the roof of the nasopharynx, where the nose blends into the mouth.
August 16, 2009