adenocarcinoma
A malignant neoplasm of epithelial cells in glandular or glandlike pattern.
adenocele
An adenomatous cystic tumor.
adenocellulitis
Inflammation of a gland and the tissue around it.
adenochondroma
A tumor containing both adenomatous and chondromatous elements.
adenocyst
Adenocystoma.
adenocystoma
Adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts.
adenocyte
A secretory cell of a gland.
adenodiastasis
Separation or ectopia of glands or glandular tissue from their usual anatomical sites, e.g., pancreatic glands in the wall of the small intestine, gastric glands in the wall of the esophagus.
adenodynia
A painful gland.
adenoepithelioma
Obsolete term for an epithelioma containing glandular elements.
adenofibroma
1. A tumor composed of connective tissue containing glandular structures.
2. A benign neoplasm composed of glandular and fibrous tissues, with a relatively large proportion of glands.
adenofibrosis
Fibroid change in a gland.
adenogenous
Originating from glandular tissue.
adenography, adenographic
1. A written description of the glandular system.
2. A roentgenography (x-ray) of a gland or glands.
adenohypersthenia
The condition of abnormally great glandular activity.
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