Adenopathy
enlargement or disease of the glands, especially the lymphatic glands:
a patient with prominent adenopathy.
see also .
historical examples
this adenopathy is marked, discrete and painful, the glands often exquisitely tender on pressure.
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noun (pathol)
enlargement of the lymph nodes
enlargement of a gland
adenopathy ad·e·nop·a·thy (ād’n-ŏp’ə-thē)
n.
swelling or abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes.
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adenophlegmon adenophlegmon ad·e·no·phleg·mon (ād’n-ō-flěg’mŏn’) n. acute inflammation of a gland and the adjacent connective tissue.
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adenopharyngitis adenopharyngitis ad·e·no·phar·yn·gi·tis (ād’n-ō-fār’ĭn-jī’tĭs) n. inflammation of the adenoids and the pharyngeal lymphoid tissue.
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adenosalpingitis adenosalpingitis ad·e·no·sal·pin·gi·tis (ād’n-ō-sāl’pĭn-jī’tĭs) n. nodular thickening of the tunica muscularis of the isthmic portion of the fallopian tube enclosing glandlike or cystic duplications of the lumen. also called salpingitis isthmica nodosa.
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- Adenosis
abnormal development or enlargement of glandular tissue. any disease of a gland. adenosis ad·e·no·sis (ād’n-ō’sĭs) n. pl. ad·e·no·ses (-sēz’) a disease of a gland, especially one marked by the abnormal formation or enlargement of glandular tissue.