Tom had to have his tonsils and adenoid removed because they were enlarged and it gave him trouble sleeping.
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Adenoid
//ˈad.ɪn.ɔɪd//
Synonyms for "adenoid" (16 found)
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28 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- аденоиден adj (of or relating to lymphatic glands)
- аденоиден adj (of or relating to the adenoids)
- аденои́д noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Catalan
2 entries- adenoide noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
- amígdala faríngia noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 咽扁桃體 /咽扁桃体 noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
- 增殖體 /增殖体 noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
- 腺樣體 /腺样体 noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Czech
1 entries- nosní mandle noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Dutch
1 entries- amandel noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Finnish
1 entries- kitarisa noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
French
1 entries- adénoïde noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
German
3 entries- Mandel noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
- Nasenpolyp noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
- Polyp noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Hungarian
1 entries- garatmandula noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Indonesian
2 entries- adenoid noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
- amandel noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Irish
1 entries- adanóid noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Italian
1 entries- adenoide noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Japanese
1 entries- 腺様 noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Polish
2 entries- adenoid noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
- migdałek gardłowy noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Portuguese
1 entries- adenoide noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Romanian
1 entries- adenoid noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Russian
1 entries- адено́ид noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Slovene
1 entries- žrelnica noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
Spanish
1 entries- adenoide noun (folds of lymphatic tissue)
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