Adeno- Words: “adenalgia” to “anadenia”,
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adeno-, aden-, adeni- (Greek: gland(s), glandular [from “acorn”]).
adenalgia:
A painful gland.
adendric, adendritic:
Without dendrites.
adenectomy:
Surgical removal of a gland.
adenectopia:
Malposition or displacement of a gland.
adenia:
Chronic great enlargement of the lymphatic glands.
adenic:
Pertaining to or resembling a gland.
adeniform:
Glandlike; of glandular appearance.
adenine:
A white crystalline base found in various animal and vegetable tissues as one of the purine base constituents.
adenitis:
Inflammation of a lymph node or of a gland.
adenization:
Conversion into a glandlike structure.
adenoacanthoma, adenocancroid:
An adenocarcinoma in which some or the majority of the cells exhibit squamous differentiation.
adenoameloblastoma:
An odontogenic tumor.
adenoangiosarcoma:
An angiosarcoma involving gland structures.
adenoblast:
A proliferating embryonic cell with the potential to form glandular parenchyma.
adenocarcinoma:
A malignant neoplasm of epithelial cells in glandular or glandlike pattern.
adenocele:
An adenomatous cystic tumor.
adenocellulitis:
Inflammation of a gland and the tissue around it.
adenochondroma:
A tumor containing both adenomatous and chondromatous elements.
adenocyst:
Adenocystoma.
adenocystoma:
Adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts.
adenocyte:
A secretory cell of a gland.
adenodiastasis:
Separation or ectopia of glands or glandular tissue from their usual anatomical sites, e.g., pancreatic glands in the wall of the small intestine, gastric glands in the wall of the esophagus.
adenodynia:
A painful gland.
adenoepithelioma:
Obsolete term for an epithelioma containing glandular elements.
adenofibroma:
1. A tumor composed of connective tissue containing glandular
structures.
2. A benign neoplasm composed of glandular and fibrous tissues, with a relatively large proportion of glands.
adenofibrosis:
Fibroid change in a gland.
adenogenous:
Originating from glandular tissue.
adenography, adenographic:
A roentgenography (x-ray) of a gland or glands.
adenohypophysitis:
Inflammatory reaction or sepsis affecting the anterior pituitary gland, often related to pregnancy.
adenoid:
Resembling a gland; when used in the plural, adenoids, they refer to lymphoid tissue that normally exists in the nasopharynx of children and is known in medicine as the pharyngeal tonsil.
adenoids:
Resembling or like glands; growth of lymphoid tissue in the upper part of the throat, behind the nose (they can swell up and obstruct breathing and speaking).
adenoidectomy:
An operation to cut out the adenoids.
adenoiditis:
Inflammation of the adenoid tissue of the nasopharynx.
adenolipoma:
A benign neoplasm composed of glandular and adipose tissues.
adenolipomatosis:
A condition characterized by development of multiple adenolipomas.
adenological:
Of or pertaining to adenology; dealing with the structure of the glands.
adenology:
That part of physiology that deals with the various aspects of glands.
adenoma:
1. A benign tumor of glandular origin or with a gland-like cell arrangement.
2. A benign tumor with the structure or appearance of a gland or originating in a gland.
adenomatous:
Of the nature of an adenoma, glandular.
adenomalacia:
Abnormal softening of a gland.
adenomatoid:
Resembling an adenoma.
adenomatosis:
A condition characterized by multiple glandular overgrowths.
adenomatous:
Relating to an adenoma, and to some types of glandular hyperplasia.
adenomegaly:
Enlargement of one or both adrenal glands.
adenomere:
The blind terminal portion of a developing gland, becoming the functional portion of the organ.
adenomyosis:
The ectopic occurrence or diffuse implantation of adenomatous tissue in muscle (usually smooth muscle).
adenoneural:
Obsolete term relating to a gland and a nervous element.
adenopathy:
Swelling or morbid enlargement of the lymph nodes.
adenopharyngitis:
Inflammation of the adenoids and pharynx, usually involving the tonsils.
adenophlegmon:
Acute inflammation of a gland and the adjacent connective tissue.
adenophorous, adenophore:
Bearing or producing glands.
adenophyllous:
Bearing glands on leaves; glandular-leafed.
adenophyma:
Obsolete term for any condition in which a gland or glandular organ is grossly enlarged as the result of inflammation.
adenosarcoma:
A mixed tumor composed of sarcomatous and glandular elements.
adenosclerosis:
The hardening of a gland.
adenose:
Relating to a gland; full of glands.
adenosis:
A rarely used term for a more or less generalized glandular disease.
adenotomy:
Incision of a gland.
adenotonsillectomy:
Operative removal of tonsils and adenoids.
adenovirus, adenoviral:
One of a group of viruses that cause disease of the upper respiratory tract and conjunctivae.
anadenia:
Absence of glands or abeyance of glandular functions.
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