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adenitis
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adenitis /ad·e·ni·tis/ (ad?e-ni´tis) inflammation of a gland.
Bartholin adenitis  inflammation of the greater vestibular gland (Bartholin's gland) resulting from acute infection of the gland.
cervical adenitis  a condition characterized by enlarged, inflamed, and tender lymph nodes of the neck; seen in certain infectious diseases of children, such as acute throat infections.
mesenteric adenitis  see under lymphadenitis.
vestibular adenitis  chronic inflammation of the lesser vestibular glands, producing small, extremely painful ulcerations of the vestibular mucosa.

ad·e·ni·tis (dn-ts)
n.
Inflammation of a lymph node or gland.

adenitis (ad´nī´tis),
n an inflammation of glandular tissue, often accompanied by pain.

adenitis
inflammation of a gland.
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Idiopathic salivary adenitis. By permission from Knottenbelt DC, Pascoe RR, Diseases and Disorders of the Horse, Saunders, 2003

granulomatous cervical adenitis
granulomatous inflammation of the lymph nodes of the neck in pigs; asymptomatic and found only at slaughter; caused by Rhodococcus equi or atypical mycobacteria, rarely by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. avium, M. bovis.
granulomatous sebaceous adenitis
see sebaceous adenitis.
lacrimal gland adenitis

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