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adenotonsillar

adenotonsillar adjective: relating to the adenoids and tonsils, especially to adenoiditis and tonsillitis.

Adjective

adenotonsillar (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the adenoids and tonsils, especially to adenoiditis and tonsillitis
    • Although adenotonsillar hypertrophy has, historically, been the predominant OSA risk factor in children, recent data show that BMI represents a new, important risk factor, with OSA risk increased by a factor of 3.5 for each standard deviation increase in BMI z-score [ 56 ].2015 July 14, Leon M. Straker et al., “Rationale, design and methods for the 22 year follow-up of the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study”, in BMC Public Health, volume 15, →DOI

Origin of adenotonsillar

From adeno- + tonsillar.

Questions about adenotonsillar

What does adenotonsillar mean?
Adenotonsillar means relating to the adenoids and tonsils, especially to adenoiditis and tonsillitis.
What part of speech is adenotonsillar?
Adenotonsillar is an adjective.

Words near adenotonsillar in the dictionary

  1. adenosyltransferases
  2. Adenot
  3. adenotomic
  4. adenotomies
  5. adenotomy
  6. adenotonsillar
  7. adenotonsillectomies
  8. adenotonsillectomize
  9. adenotonsillectomized
  10. adenotonsillectomizes
  11. adenotonsillectomizing

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