ADENOIDS AND TONSILS

Meaning of ADENOIDS AND TONSILS in English

These celebrated structures in the back of the throat are composed of tissue similar to the lymph nodes or "glands."

English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012

ADENOIDS — also called Pharyngeal Tonsils, a mass of lymphatic tissue, similar to the (palatine) tonsils, that is attached to the back …
Britannica English vocabulary
ADENOIDS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Children who have had large adenoids removed develop slightly better hearing thresholds than those who …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ADENOIDS — or pharyngeal tonsils Mass of lymphoid tissue , similar to the (palatine) pharynx . If the adenoids become infected in …
Английский словарь Британика
ADENOIDS — [ 'adɪnɔɪdz ] ■ plural noun a mass of enlarged lymphatic tissue between the back of the nose and the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ADENOIDS — / ˈædənɔɪdz; NAmE / noun [ pl. ] pieces of soft tissue at the back of the nose and throat, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADENOIDS — ad ‧ e ‧ noids /ˈædənɔɪdz, ˈædɪnɔɪdz, ˈæd ə n-/ BrE AmE noun [plural] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Greek …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ADENOIDS — n.pl. Med. a mass of enlarged lymphatic tissue between the back of the nose and the throat, often hindering speaking …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ADENOIDS — n.pl. Med. a mass of enlarged lymphatic tissue between the back of the nose and the throat, often hindering speaking …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ADENOIDS — n.pl. Med. a mass of enlarged lymphatic tissue between the back of the nose and the throat, often hindering speaking …
Oxford English vocab
TONSILS — Note: The form 'tonsil' is used as a modifier. Your tonsils are the two small soft lumps in your throat …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADENOIDS — Adenoids are soft lumps of flesh at the back and top of a person’s throat that sometimes become swollen and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONSILS — Note: The form 'tonsil' is used as a modifier. Your ~ are the two small soft lumps in your throat …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ADENOIDS — Adenoids are soft lumps of flesh at the back and top of a person’s throat that sometimes become swollen and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TONSILS — [plural] [noun] - the two small soft organs at the back of the mouth
Cambridge English vocab
ADENOIDS — [plural] [noun] - (in the human body) the soft mass of flesh between the back of the nose and the …
Cambridge English vocab
ADENOIDS — n. or pharyngeal tonsils Mass of lymphoid tissue , similar to the (palatine) tonsils , on the back wall of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TONSILS — n. pl. Almonds, amygdalae .
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TONSILS — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
TONSILS — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ swollen VERB + TONSILS ▪ remove ▪ have out ▪ I had my ~ out when I …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TONSILS — n. 1) enlarged; inflamed ~ 2) ( misc. ) to have one's ~ out/removed/taken out
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
ADENOIDS — plural noun condition where growths form on the glands at the back of the throat where the passages from the …
English Dictionary of Medicine
TONSILS — Small masses of lymphoid tissue at the back of the throat, on either side of the throat.
English Dictionary of Medicine
ADENOIDS — сущ.; мн. аденоиды (анатомия) аденоиды adenoids pl аденоиды
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ADENOIDS — Аденоиды
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ADENOIDS — n pl анат. аденоиды
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ADENOIDS — сущ.; мн. ч.аденоиды
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ADENOIDS — (n) аденоиды
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
ADENOIDS — n pl анат. аденоиды
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ADENOIDS — n pl анат. аденоиды
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ADENOIDS — сущ. ; мн. аденоиды
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ADENOIDS — сущ.; мн. аденоиды
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ADENOIDS — _n. _pl. аденоиды
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
ADENOIDS — n. pl. аденоиды
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
ADENOIDS — аденоиды, аденоидные разращения, аденоидные вегетации
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
ADENOIDS — _n. _pl. аденоиды
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
ADENOIDS — сущ.; мн. аденоиды (анатомия) аденоиды adenoids pl аденоиды
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ADENAUER, KONRADADDITIONAL READING — Konrad Adenauer, Erinnerungen, 4 vol. (1965-68), his autobiography encompassing the years 1945 to 1963; Rudolf Morsey and Konrad Repgen (eds.), …
Britannica English vocabulary
OUT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WET ONE'S TONSILS — wet one's tonsils expr AmE sl I guess it's time to wet my tonsils Ну что ж, пора пропустить по …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
TONSIL — Small mass of lymphoid tissue in the wall of the pharynx . The term usually refers to the palatine tonsils …
Английский словарь Британика
ADENOID — I. ˈad ə nˌȯid, ˈadˌnȯid adjective or ad·e·noi·dal |ad ə n|ȯid ə l Etymology: Greek adenoeidēs glandular, from aden- + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONSILLAR — ˈtän(t)sələ(r) adjective or ton·sil·lary -səˌlerē Etymology: New Latin tonsillaris, from Latin tonsillae tonsils + -aris -ar : of, relating to, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONSILLITIS — — tonsillitic /ton'seuh lit"ik/ , adj. /ton'seuh luy"tis/ , n. Pathol. inflammation of a tonsil or the tonsils. [ 1795-1805; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONSILLECTOMY — /ton'seuh lek"teuh mee/ , n. , pl. tonsillectomies . Surg. the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ADENOIDAL — /ad'n oyd"l/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to the adenoids; adenoid. 2. having the adenoids enlarged, esp. to a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONSIL — noun Etymology: Latin tonsillae, plural, tonsils Date: 1601 1. : either of a pair of prominent masses of lymphoid tissue …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONSIL — [ton.sil] n [L tonsillae, pl., tonsils] (1601) 1: either of a pair of prominent masses of lymphoid tissue that lie …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONSILLITIS — inflammatory infection of the tonsils caused by invasion of the mucous membrane by microorganisms, usually hemolytic streptococci or viruses. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONSIL — small mass of lymphatic tissue located in the wall of the pharynx at the rear of the throat of man …
Britannica English vocabulary
PHARYNX — (Greek: "throat"), a cone-shaped passageway leading from the oral and nasal cavities in the head to the esophagus and larynx. …
Britannica English vocabulary
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM — The human lymphatic system, showing the lymphatic vessels and lymphoid organs. a subsystem of the circulatory system in the vertebrate …
Britannica English vocabulary
DIPHTHERIA — acute infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae and characterized by a primary lesion, usually in the upper respiratory …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONSIL — ton ‧ sil /ˈtɒns ə l $ ˈtɑːn-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
YOURSELF
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WORK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a business/working lunch (= a lunch during which you also do business ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TONSIL — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Added to which, my limbs had begun to ache and my tonsils felt as if …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

English Dictionary of Medicine

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