adenoide

See also: adénoïde

Italian

Etymology

From adeno- + -oide.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

adenoide (plural adenoidi)

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

Noun

adenoide f (plural adenoidi)

  1. (anatomy, usually in the plural) adenoids

Derived terms

Further reading

  • 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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.deˈnɔj.d͡ʒi/ [a.deˈnɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.deˈnɔj.de/ [a.deˈnɔɪ̯.de]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɨˈnɔj.dɨ/ [ɐ.ðɨˈnɔj.ðɨ]

  • Hyphenation: a‧de‧noi‧de

Adjective

adenoide m or f (plural adenoides)

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Noun

adenoide f (plural adenoides)

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

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From adeno- + -oide.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

adenoide m or f (masculine and feminine plural adenoides)

  1. Alternative form of adenoideo

Noun

adenoide f (plural adenoides)

  1. (anatomy, chiefly in the plural) adenoid
    Synonym: vegetación

Derived terms

Further reading

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