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lymphadenia

lymphadenia noun: chronic inflammation and enlargement of the lymphatic glands, such as is found in Hodgkin's disease.

Noun

lymphadenia (plural lymphadenias)

  1. Chronic inflammation and enlargement of the lymphatic glands, such as is found in Hodgkin's disease.
    • At the tumour period the diagnosis is easier, and the differential diagnosis chiefly concerns cutaneous lymphadenia and sarcoma.1910, Ernest Gaucher, Charles Frederic Marshall, Diseases of the skin: including radiotherapy and radiumtherapy
    • Lymphadenids cover the eruptive varieties allied to the lymphadenias.1925, International Medical and Surgical Survey, page 286

Forms of lymphadenia

plurallymphadenias

Origin of lymphadenia

From lymph + -adenia.

Questions about lymphadenia

What does lymphadenia mean?
Lymphadenia means chronic inflammation and enlargement of the lymphatic glands, such as is found in Hodgkin's disease.
What part of speech is lymphadenia?
Lymphadenia is a noun.
What is the plural of lymphadenia?
The plural of lymphadenia is lymphadenias.

Words near lymphadenia in the dictionary

  1. lymphadenectomise
  2. lymphadenectomised
  3. lymphadenectomize
  4. lymphadenectomized
  5. lymphadenectomy
  6. lymphadenia
  7. lymphadenias
  8. lymphadenites
  9. lymphadenitides
  10. lymphadenitis
  11. lymphadenitises

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