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  • noun Plural form of adenoid.

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Examples

  • Some people find it difficult to breathe through the nostrils on account of growths, called adenoids, in the nose.

    General Science Bertha M. Clark

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Treatment for upper airway obstruction often includes surgery to remove the tonsils and adenoids.

    Sleep Disorders 2010

  • 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

  • My earliest scars are from when my tonsils and adenoids were removed.

    Lea Lane: Scars of a Life Lea Lane 2010

  • 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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  • 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