ADENITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adenitis mean? 

• ADENITIS (noun)
  The noun ADENITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of a gland or lymph node

  Familiarity information: ADENITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADENITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of a gland or lymph node

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("adenitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

 Context examples 

M. scrofulaceum is found in environmental sources such as house dust, soil, water, and sewage as well as food sources such as raw milk, and it is frequently associated with cervical adenitis in children.

(Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, NCI Thesaurus)