adenoide

From adeno- +‎ -oide.

• IPA^(key): /a.deˈnɔj.de/
• Rhymes: -ɔjde
• Hyphenation: a‧de‧nòi‧de

adenoide m or f (plural adenoidi)

1. (relational, anatomy) adenoidal (of or pertaining to the adenoids)

adenoide f (plural adenoidi)

1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) adenoids

• adenoideo

• adenoide in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• adenoide in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• adenoide in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• adenoide in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• adenoide in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• adenóide (pre-1990 spelling)

From French adénoïde, from Ancient Greek ἀδενοειδής (adenoeidḗs), from ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) and εἶδος (eîdos, “form”). By surface analysis, adeno- +‎ -oide.

• Hyphenation: a‧de‧noi‧de

adenoide m or f (plural adenoides)

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adenoide f (plural adenoides)

1. (anatomy) adenoid (mass of lymphatic tissue situated posterior to the nasal cavity)

• “adenoide”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “adenoide”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “adenoide” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “adenoide”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “adenoide”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “adenoide”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From adeno- +‎ -oide.

• IPA^(key): /adeˈnoide/ [a.ð̞eˈnoi̯.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -oide
• Syllabification: a‧de‧noi‧de

adenoide m or f (masculine and feminine plural adenoides)

1. alternative form of adenoideo

adenoide f (plural adenoides)

1. (anatomy, chiefly in the plural) adenoid

   Synonym: vegetación

• “adenoide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024