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adenoid (adj.)
1839, "gland-like," medical Latin
adenoideus
, from Greek
adenoeides
, from
aden
(genitive
adenos
) "gland" (see
inguinal
) +
eidos
"form" (see
-oid
).
Adenoids
"adenoid growths" attested by 1856.
