adeniformadj.
/əˈdɛnᵻfɔːm/, /ˈadᵻnᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /əˈdɛnəˌfɔrm/, /ˈædənəˌfɔrm/ Medicine. rare.
Having the form or appearance of a gland; gland-like.
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1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Adeniform, glandiform, or resembling a gland. A term sometimes applied to the prostate gland.
1901 Internat. Clinics 2 47 San-Felice has produced cancer in dogs, and I have produced adenoma in rats and monkeys and adeniform tumors of the liver in guinea-pigs.
1963 Yearbk. Pathol. & Clin. Pathol. 213 Structural and cytologic features permitted recognition of distinctive patterns of growth in gland cell carcinoma of the cervix: adeniform, medullary, mucinous, [etc.].
2009 C. L. Canon Radiology lix. 461 Involvement of the adrenal glands is usually bilateral and may be masslike or present as diffuse adeniform enlargement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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