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synonyms for adenoids

  • beak
  • snout
  • bill
  • horn
  • muzzle
  • nares
  • nostrils
  • proboscis
  • schnoz
  • sneezer
  • sniffer
  • snoot
  • snuffer
  • whiffer
  • olfactory nerves
  • smeller
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How to use adenoids in a sentence

Sometimes it's Snapper and sometimes it's Klick; I don't know which is which, but one of them has adenoids.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 158, APRIL 28, 1920VARIOUS
"I am sure any physician would say that Brindle's adenoids should be removed," commented Dum from the back seat.
VACATION WITH THE TUCKER TWINSNELL SPEED
If they are mouth breathers because they have adenoids, these must be removed.
PSYCHOTHERAPYJAMES J. WALSH
Foreign bodies must be removed, adenoids taken out, large tonsils excised, and malformations of the nasal bones operated upon.
THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, VOLUME IV. (OF IV.)GRANT HAGUE
We must therefore regard the presence of adenoids as a serious menace to the health and comfort of the patient.
THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, VOLUME IV. (OF IV.)GRANT HAGUE
If the case is neglected, and if the adenoids have existed for a long time, the growth of the child is impaired.
THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, VOLUME IV. (OF IV.)GRANT HAGUE
It is a crime for a parent to refuse operation if the presence of adenoids has been proved.
THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, VOLUME IV. (OF IV.)GRANT HAGUE
Everyone I met in England seemed absorbed in pale children with adenoids.
MY WAR EXPERIENCES IN TWO CONTINENTSSARAH MACNAUGHTAN
Children who have adenoids invariably suffer from chronic "head-colds" with a discharge from the nose.
THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, VOLUME IV. (OF IV.)GRANT HAGUE
Adenoids cause more trouble and more actual disease than any other condition during childhood.
THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, VOLUME IV. (OF IV.)GRANT HAGUE
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WORDS RELATED TO ADENOIDS

  • adenoids
  • beak
  • bill
  • horn
  • muzzle
  • nares
  • nostrils
  • olfactory nerves
  • proboscis
  • schnoz
  • smeller
  • sneezer
  • sniffer
  • snoot
  • snout
  • snuffer
  • whiffer
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.