adenoid's Usage Examples:

adenoid tissue can be cauterized (destroyed using heat ).

following the adenoidectomy, the glue ear seemed to be clearing up after about a month.

Close to the front opening of the Eustachian tubes are masses of tissue called adenoids.

A low, thick palate or enlarged adenoids or tonsils can obstruct airflow and increase snoring.

Hypertrophy, or enlargement, of the cells of the adenoids and tonsils can cause them to protrude into and obstruct the airway, which then leads to snoring.

Adenoids >>The immune system contains the following organs and cells: tonsils and adenoids; the thymus gland; lymph nodes; bone marrow; and white blood cells that leave blood vessels and migrate through tissues and lymphatic circulation.

There are two main reasons for removing the adenoids.

The acute infections are usually referred to as tonsillitis, the adenoids getting little recognition because they cannot be seen without special instruments.

Of such we may cite tuberculosis of the larynx, formerly as incurable as distressing; and "adenoids" - a disease revealed by intrascopic methods - which used grievously to thwart and stifle the growth both of mind and body in children, are now promptly removed, to the infinite advantage of the rising generation.

Most tonsil and adenoid hypertrophy is simply caused by the normal growth pattern for that type of tissue.

Because they encircle the only connection between the middle ear and the eustachian tube, hypertrophied adenoids can also obstruct the tube and cause middle ear infections.

There are many botanical/herbal remedies that can be used alone or in formulas to locally assist the tonsils and adenoids in their immune function at the opening of the oral cavity and to tone these glands.

Throat and nose problems, such as enlarged tonsils or adenoids, and obesity, nasal polyps, and allergies may all cause or contribute to snoring.

Synonyms:

third tonsil, pharynx, throat, lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue, Luschka"s tonsil, tonsilla pharyngealis, pharyngeal tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea,

Antonyms:

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