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adenoidal(adjective) Sounding as if the nose were pinched. Synonyms: pinched, nasalUsage: His voice has an adenoidal tone that I find quite irritating.
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for those like me who do not actually know were exactly the adenoids are!: 
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For those who would like to delve deeper (ahem) into adenoids, here is a link to a modern adenoidectomy on You Tube with surreal accompaniment of the sound track "Baby Elephant Walk:"
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RubvhMtsro&feature=related)
Contrast the modern procedure with removal of the adenoids by a surgical instrument aptly named "La Force Guillotine" depicted in a silent 1930 British film: (about midway through)
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPoY7z7BY5g)
We've come a long way, baby!
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