HabitatMech

adenoid

BTO:0000777 ·resolve ·HOST_ASSOCIATED ·EXACT REVIEWED

An enlarged mass of lymphoid tissue at the back of the pharynx characteristically obstructing breathing. — BTO

Source attestations

Each upstream vocabulary's own account of this habitat. Assertion counts are per-source units and are not comparable across sources — GOLD counts organisms, BacDive strains, PREGO taxa.

What each upstream vocabulary says about this habitat

Source	Label / path	Assertions	Unit
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Lymphatic system > Tonsils > Adenoid/Pharyngeal	—

Broader habitats

• lymphoid tissue BTO:0000753
• tonsil BTO:0001387

Also called

• Adenoid/Pharyngeal — GOLD

Curation

What a curator decided about this record, and why. A record built from several source concepts can carry one decision per concept.

1. GROUND 2026-08-12 · claude-opus-5

   Grounded to BTO:0000777 'adenoid' (EXACT). Slash alternative; the pharyngeal tonsil is the adenoid. Path: Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Lymphatic system > Tonsils > Adenoi (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.b21e68a415)

Provenance

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