Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Disease of a gland.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) Disease of a gland.

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  • noun Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.

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  • noun a glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands)

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Examples

  • On exam his throat is red without exudates or tonsillar hypertrophy; no cervical adenopathy no "swollen glands"; strep test negative.

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  • Infection and inflammation of the pharynx and tonsils accompanied by fever, dysphagia and adenopathy.

    Chapter 7 1993

  • - Allergic reactions: cutaneous eruptions, fever, adenopathy.

    Chapter 4 1993

  • - Pustule that develops into a black eschar surrounded by vesicles and an inflamed area, with regional adenopathy.

    Chapter 9 1993

  • - Look for regional or systemic manifestations: lymphangitis, adenopathy, fever, septicemia, metastatic infection ...

    Chapter 9 1993

  • The most predictive factors of outcome were adenopathy size and the presence of indirect signs at the puncture site.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • The size of the adenopathy and the presence of indirect signs at the puncture site predict the achievement of diagnostic samples.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • The chest radiograph usually reveals bilateral, mid - and upper-lobe predominant reticulonodular infiltrates, as well as hilar and mediastinal adenopathy.

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  • After the incubation period of 2-6 days, symptoms of the plague appear including severe malaise, headache, shaking chills, fever, and pain and swelling, or adenopathy, in the affected regional lymph nodes, also known as buboes.

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  • Pleural effusion and peripheral adenopathy can occur.

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