adenitis

adenitis

 [ad″ĕ-ni´tis]

inflammation of a 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 infections of the throat. Called also cervical lymphadenitis.

cervical adenitis, tuberculous tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis.

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ad·e·ni·tis

(ad'ĕ-nī'tis),

Inflammation of a lymph node or of a gland.

[aden- + G. -itis, inflammation]

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adenitis

(ăd′n-ī′tĭs)

n.

Inflammation of a lymph node or gland.

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Adenitis

Inflammation of a gland. The term is not commonly used as a “stand-alone”, but rather as part of a larger word or with other root forms, as in lymphadenitis—the formal term for inflammation of a lymph node.

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ad·e·ni·tis

(ad'ĕ-nī'tis)

Inflammation of a lymph node or of a gland.

[aden- + G. -itis, inflammation]

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adenitis

Inflammation of a LYMPH NODE or any GLAND. The usage, lymphadenitis, reflects the persistence of the effect of the earlier erroneous belief that lymph nodes were glands.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

ad·e·ni·tis

(ad'ĕ-nī'tis)

Inflammation of a lymph node or of a gland.

[aden- + G. -itis, inflammation]

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