enlargement or disease of the glands, esp. the lymphatic glands
Word origin
[1875–80; adeno- + -pathy]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Diaspora, cross-fertilization, massage, musical chairs, neoclassicadeno- is a combining form meaning “gland,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix adeno- include: adenohypophysis, adenology, adenosarcoma, adenovirus, lymphadenopathy; -pathy is a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “suffering,”“feeling” (antipathy; sympathy). In compound words of modern formation, -pathy is often used with the meaning “morbid affection,” “disease” (arthropathy; deuteropathy; neuropathy; psychopathy), and hence used also in names of systems or methods of treating disease (allopathy; homeopathy; hydropathy; osteopathy)
Examples of 'adenopathy' in a sentence
adenopathy
Physical examination showed axillar adenopathy of 1cm.
Alexandra Mesquita, Fátima Braga 2017, 'Superior Vena Cava Stenosis', Galicia Clínicahttp://www.galiciaclinica.info/publicacion.asp?f=1019. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Main manifestations are cervical adenopathy associated with fever, leukocytosis with neutrophilia and polyclonal gamaglobulinemia.
Fábio Machado Landim, Helena de Oliveira Rios, Carolina Oliveira Costa, Roney GonçalvesFechine Feitosa, Francisco Dário Rocha Filho, Adriana Alencar Araújo Costa 2009, 'Doença de Rosai-Dorfman cutânea Cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman Disease', Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962009000300010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We present a rare case of amyloidosis initially presenting with giant calcified inguinal adenopathy.
Prof. Dr. F.M. Vanhoenacker, K. Vanwambeke, G. Jacomen 2014, 'Amyloidosis: An Unusual cause of Mesenteric, Omental and Lymph node Calcifications',Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiologyhttps://www.jbsr.be/articles/1329. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There was no discreet mass nor suspicious microcalcifications or axillary adenopathy.
Debra Ardath Meerkotter, Grace Rubin 2010, 'Diabetic mastopathy: A clinical and radiological challenge', South African Journal of Radiologyhttps://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/457. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Clinical examination did not reveal any other positive finding except the adenopathy.
Catherine Lalmuanawmi, Jayanta Das, Yumkhaibam S. Devi, Laishram J. Singh 2013, 'Langerhans cell histiocytosis in cervical node in an adult female - a case report',Medical Journal of Indonesiahttp://mji.ui.ac.id/journal/index.php/mji/article/view/538. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There was infra-centimetrical adenopathy with mediastinal calcification.
Raja Alaya, Imen Zouche, Dhia Kaffel, Hend Riahi, Wafa Hamdi, Mohamed Montacer Kchir 2017, 'Caplan's syndrome in an elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis patient: About a new case',Egyptian Rheumatologisthttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110116417300522. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Diagnosis was based on a total excision biopsy of the adenopathy.
L. Filliatre-Clement, H. Busby-Venner, C. Moulin, G. Roth-Guepin, A. Perrot 2017, 'Hodgkin Lymphoma and Castleman Disease: When One Blood Disease Can Hide Another',Case Reports in Hematologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9423205. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Patients with isolated extra-nodal involvement may present without adenopathy.
Amanda J Shelley, Nordau Kanigsberg 2018, 'A unique combination of Rosai-Dorfman disease and mycosis fungoides: a case report',SAGE Open Medical Case Reportshttps://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X18772195. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
She presented in 2011 with a left lung mass and mediastinal adenopathy.
Fatima Zahra Aly, Abeer Z Tabbarah, Lysandra Voltaggio 2013, 'Metastatic urachal carcinoma in bronchial brush cytology', CytoJournalhttp://www.cytojournal.com/article.asp?issn=1742-6413;year=2013;volume=10;issue=1;spage=1;epage=1;aulast=Aly. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Computed tomography of the chest showed pleural calcifications, mediastinal adenopathy and left lung infiltrate.
Lauryn A. Benninger, Julia A. Ross, Marino E. Leon, Raju Reddy 2018, 'An unusual case of chylothorax', Respiratory Medicine Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007118302788. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)