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2adenoid

noun

Medical Definition of ADENOID

1
:  an abnormally enlarged mass of lymphoid tissue at the back of the pharynx characteristically obstructing the nasal and ear passages and inducing mouth breathing, nasality, postnasal discharge, and dullness of facial expression—usually used in plural

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