Definition of Adenitis

1. Noun. Inflammation of a gland or lymph node.

Generic synonyms: Inflammation, Redness, Rubor

Definition of Adenitis

1. n. Glandular inflammation.

Definition of Adenitis

1. Noun. (context: symptom pathology) Glandular inflammation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adenitis

1. inflammation of a lymph node [n -TISES]

Medical Definition of Adenitis

1. The inflammation of a gland. (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adenitis

adenectomies
adenectomy
adenectopia
adenemphraxis
adeniform
adenine
adenine arabinoside
adenine deaminase
adenine deoxyribonucleotide
adenine nucleotide
adenine nucleotide translocase
adenine phosphoribosyltransferase
adenine sulfate
adenines
adenitides
adenitis (current term)
adenitises
adenization
adeno-
adenoacanthoma
adenoameloblastoma
adenoblast
adenocarcinogenesis
adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinoma in Barrett's oesophagus
adenocarcinoma in situ
adenocarcinomas
adenocarcinomatous
adenocellulitis

Literary usage of Adenitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pediatrics: The Hygienic and Medical Treatment of Children by Thomas Morgan Rotch (1906)
"The differential diagnosis from tubercular adenitis is described under ... During the active stage of cervical adenitis it is better not to make any ..."

2. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1918)
"ACUTE CERVICAL adenitis Infants and young children possess a ready susceptibility ... In cervical adenitis the inflammation results from the draining of an ..."

3. Diseases of the eye: A Handbook of Ophthalmic Practice for Students and by George Edmund De Schweinitz (1916)
"... -adenitis, on account of its analogy to bilateral parotitis, has been called mumps of the lacrimal gland (Hirsch- berg). It may be caused by influenza, ..."

4. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1914)
"TUBERCULOUS adenitis Tuberculous adenitis is a term applied by common consent to tuberculosis of the cervical lymph-nodes. In cases of early and localized ..."

5. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"This adenitis may affect a single gland, a mass of glands in a ... To differentiate the various forms of adenitis is difficult and often impossible. ..."

6. The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of Animals by Veranus Alva Moore (1916)
"Caseous lymph-adenitis is a disease of adult sheep which until recently was ... The name "ovine caseous lymph-adenitis" was proposed by Norgaard and Mohler ..."

7. Health and Medical Inspection of School Children by Walter Stewart Cornell (1912)
"CERVICAL adenitis. A poorly nourished child showing enlarged cervical gland? was in former years termed scrofulous. The condition scrofula is too indefinite ..."

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