LYMPHADENITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lymphadenitis mean? 

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

1. inflammation of lymph nodes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYMPHADENITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of lymph nodes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lymphadenitis" 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 

It affects young children who usually present with persistent high fever, redness of the mucous membranes of the mouth, redness of the palms and soles, skin rashes, lymphadenitis, and joint pain and swelling.

(Kawasaki Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include axillary lymphadenitis, axillary lipoma, and metastatic carcinoma to the axillary lymph nodes.

(Axillary Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include axillary lymphadenitis and axillary abscess.

(Non-Neoplastic Axillary Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include localized lymphadenitis, fever, and leucopenia.

(Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis, NCI Thesaurus)

C. pseudotuberculosis is known to cause caseous lymphadenitis in animals and can be pathogenic in humans.

(Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, NCI Thesaurus)