adenoidadj.n.

1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia at Adeniform It [sc. the word adeniform]..should be relinquished for adenoid, or glandiform.

1845 S. D. Gross Elements Pathol. Anat. (ed. 2) 367 The adenoid tumor [of the brain] does not seem to have been much noticed by pathologists, either ancient or modern.

1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. iii. 98 Should a tumour be present in a gland..the probability of its being an adenoid or glandular tumour cannot be overlooked.

1937 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 38 230/1 There are four clinical varieties of malignant neoplasms of the rectum: (a) papilliferous carcinoma; (b) adenoid carcinoma; [etc.].

1973 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 13 Jan. 113/2 It seems probable that the adenoid cystic carcinoma is never ‘cured’, but long-term survival is possible in a fair proportion of cases.

2010 D. K. Binder et al. Cranial Nerves v. 65/2 It [sc. perineural spread of tumor] most commonly occurs with malignant tumors such as squamous cell carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, or melanoma arising from various sites in the head and neck.

1864 H. Power Carpenter's Princ. Human Physiol. (ed. 6) 131 (note) He [sc. W. His] applies the term adenoid tissue to the matrix of the follicles, and to the surrounding tissue of the intestinal mucous membrane.

1869 Lancet 4 Dec. 771/1 These vegetations..are found to be composed of the so-called ‘adenoid tissue’, and are accordingly to be regarded as overgrowths or morbid growths of the closed glandular structures allied to the lymphatic glands found naturally in or beneath the mucous membranes of the pharynx, the fauces, and the base of the tongue. Hence the term ‘adenoid vegetations’ is suggested for them.

1924 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 19 Jan. 123/2 In the treatment of nasal obstruction breathing exercises were of undoubted value, but they should be subsequent to, not substituted for, removal of post-nasal adenoid growths.

1982 Arch. Otolaryngol. 108 315 To more clearly define the role of the adenoid bed in nasal obstruction..we examined tissue obtained at adenoidectomy from 22 children.

2007 J. M. Graham et al. Pediatric ENT xiv. 137/2 The positive effect of adenoidectomy has been shown in improving the physical condition and quality of life of children with obstructive adenoid tissue.

1855 Lancet 24 Mar. 314/1 Adenoid of the breast occurs, on the other hand, for the first time during the season, so to speak, of greatest developmental energy in the female mammary organs.

1874 Lancet 24 Jan. 129/2 In ordinary adenoids there was no secretion of milk.

1911 E. G. Jones Cancer xii. 96 We have another form of cancer in the breast called the adenoid. In this variety you will find a small hard ball in the breast.

1881 Guy’s Hosp. Rep. 25 441 Case 1. Adenoids of naso-pharynx relieved by scraping mucous membrane.

1916 H. W. Haight Case-syst. Hygiene IV. 16 Mary J. had mouth breathing, a deformed face, an indistinct voice, and crooked teeth... All of that points to enlarged tonsils or an enlarged adenoid.

1938 E. Goudge Towers in Mist (1998) viii. 175 Thomas shut his mouth—he had adenoids and slept with it ajar—opened his eyes and lay staring at the crimson canopy.

1963 N. Bawden Secret Passage vii. 94 Ben was fast asleep and snoring a little because he had adenoids—so the doctor said—in his nose.

1981 Times 18 May 13/8 Some 70 years ago..my twin sister and I were operated on for adenoids by our family doctor on our well-scrubbed kitchen table.

2000 Today's Parent Oct. 46/2 She was a wicked snorer, so we figured it was her adenoids or her tonsils.