| 釋義 |
adenoids /'aedmoidz US: -dan-; 'aednpidz/ n pl (anat) soft, sponge-like growth between the back of the nose and the throat, in some cases making breathing and speech difficult: (解剖)腺樣增殖體(生長于鼻后與喉之間的海綿狀柔軟瘤腫，有時可致呼吸及說話困難)： have one's ~ out, ie by a surgical operation. 動手術(shù)把腺樣增殖體割掉。 She's got ~, (colloq) is suffering from inflammation of the ~. (俗)她患了腺樣增殖體炎。 → the illus at head. 參看 head 之插圖。 adenoidal /.aedi'noidl; zaedn'oidl/ adj of the ~: 腺樣增殖體的： an adenoidal youth, one suffering from diseased ~. 患腺樣增殖的年輕人。 |