adenoid,a.andn.pl.|ˈædɪnɔɪd|[ad.Gr.ἀδενοειδής glandular;f.ἀδέν- gland + -ειδής -form; see -oid.]A.adj.Gland-like; glandular.1839K. GrantHooper'sMed.Dict.(ed.7) 35/2Adenoides, adenoid; glandiform; resembling a gland.1863W. TurnerPaget'sSurg.Pathol.548The name adenoid sarcomata is sometimes applied to these tumours of the mammary gland.1873KleinHandb.Physiol.Lab.iii. 45It remains to describe the so-called adenoid tissue. By this term is understood, a dense reticulum of branched cells, the processes of which are short but of great delicacy.1878BryantSurgery I. 99Should a tumour be present in a gland..the probability of its being an adenoid or glandular tumour cannot be overlooked.B.n.pl.Adenoid growths or vegetations.1891Medical Annual 341Admitting that usually adenoids make their appearance during childhood.1901Cheyne & BurghardMan.Surg.Treatm.v. 365The removal of the adenoids is more easily accomplished during the earlier and deeper stage of the anæsthesia.1912Osler & McCraePrinc.Med.(ed.8) 468‘Adenoids’ have become recognized as one of the most common and important affections of childhood.