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Definitions: Adenoid |
AdenoidAdjective1. Relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue. Noun1. A collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx); "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"; "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ADEC | English | Adenoid chemokine | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AdenoidSynonyms: pharyngeal tonsil (n), third tonsil (n), tonsilla adenoidea (n), tonsilla pharyngealis (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Adenoid |
| English words defined with "adenoid": Adeniform ♦ Cytogenous ♦ Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "adenoid": adenoid cystic cancer. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Adenoid" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Hungarian (adenoid), Manx (adenoid), Serbo-Croatian (adenoid). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm still here, adenoid. (Angus; writing credit: Jill Gordon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Adventures of Adenoid (1925) | |
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Books | |
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Expression using "adenoid": adenoid cystic cancer. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
adenoid | 47 |
adenoid cystic carcinoma | 37 |
adenoid removal | 13 |
adenoid surgery | 8 |
adenoid carcenoma cystic | 4 |
adenoid carcinoma cystic treatment | 3 |
adenoid hypertrophy | 3 |
adenoid carcinoma | 2 |
adenoid gland | 2 |
adenoid face | 2 |
adenoid facies | 2 |
adenoid surgery tonsil | 2 |
adenoid hynkel | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "adenoid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الزائدة الأنفية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 淋巴组织. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | adenoidní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | adenoid, lymfoid, lymfeknudeagtig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | adenoid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | risa (tonsil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | adénoïde. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | drüsenartig (glandular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αδενοειδήσ, αδενοειδής. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בצורת בלוט". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mirigyszerû (glandular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | adenoide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 腺様 , アッ"ア街" (Adenovirus, Adidas, appendicitis, Appian Way, Apple, apple pie, applique, Athens, attention, attention value, attest, carton, dubbing, goodbye, style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation, up, up down, up style, up sweep, up to date, update, upload, upright, upright piano). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せ"よう (enhancement, exclusive use, personal use, using something belonging exclusively to someone else), アデノイド . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 인두 편도 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | adenoid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adenoiday adenóide (glandule). (various references) аденоиды (adenoids). (various references) adenoid. (various references) adenoide. (various references) lenf bezleriyle ilgili, lenf bezi (lymph node, lymphatic gland), bezelerle ilgili. (various references) аденоїдний (glandiform), аденоїд. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "adenoid": adenoidal, adenoids. (additional references) | |
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"Adenoid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abdennour, Abdenour, Adano, adanoid, ademoa, Adenau, Adeney, adeninide, Adeniyi, adeno, adenoia, adnoid, adonoid, Aldegond, athetoid, Sadanori. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "adenoid" (pronounced a"dunoy'd) |
| 4 | -u n oy' d | paranoid. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-i-n-o" | |
-2 letters: aided, anode, danio, dined, diode, nided. | |
-3 letters: aeon, aide, dado, dead, dean, deni, dido, died, dine, dona, done, eddo, idea, naoi, nide, node, nodi, odea. | |
-4 letters: add, ado, aid, ain, and, ane, ani, dad, den, did, die, din, doe, don, end, eon, ion, nae, nod, odd, ode, one. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, ai, an, de, do, ed, en, id, in, na, ne, no, od, oe, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-i-n-o" | |
+1 letter: adenoids, adjoined, anodized, ordained. | |
+2 letters: adenoidal, antidoted, dandelion, demantoid, diagnosed, diamonded, dominated, iodinated, poniarded, videoland. | |
+3 letters: admonished, auditioned, dandelions, dedication, demantoids, denudation, endocardia, haciendado, ironhanded, maidenhood, manifolded, pandowdies, radiosonde, randomized, reordained, videolands. | |
+4 letters: bastinadoed, coordinated, deadlocking, dedications, degradation, dehydration, denominated, denudations, deoxidation, depredation, discordance, endocardial, endocardium, forbiddance, gormandised, gormandized, haciendados, maidenhoods, nonadditive, nondisabled, philodendra, preordained, radiosondes, undiagnosed. | |
+5 letters: biodegrading, bloodstained, consolidated, contradicted, decarbonized, degradations, degringolade, dehydrations, demimondaine, demodulating, demodulation, deoxidations, depredations, desideration, diagonalized, disappointed, discordances, disorganized, dodecaphonic, endocarditis, forbiddances, foreordained, gourmandized, misdiagnosed, nonaddictive, noncandidate, nondemanding, nondisableds, outdistanced, postdeadline, predominated, radionuclide, rededication, subordinated, undefoliated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 65 6E 6F 69 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. . -. --- .. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01100101 01101110 01101111 01101001 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d e n o i d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 0065 006E 006F 0069 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35707180817570 |
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