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From:         Steven Belknap <sbelknap@UIC.EDU>
Subject:      frenzied adenoidsre:
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>On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Logical Language Group wrote:
>> >Frenzied (animals?) infest the hills and slopes..     (couldn't be sure)
>>
>> (Anyone who knows the correct word in the fourth line from the end,
>> please let me know.)
>
>I always assumed the word was "adenoids", but I'm not sure
>either.  What's an adenoid anyway?

The adenoids are paired lymphatics in the posterior nasopharynx (where the
back of the nose meets the top of the throat). They are often removed at
the same time as the tonsils during a tonsillectomy.

Steven Belknap, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria