adeno-, aden-, adeni-

A glandular pain; a painful swelling in a gland; adenodynia: The rarely use term adenalgia refers to a glandular irritation and tenderness, including a swelling of a lymph node.

Referring to the lack of dendrites or branched extensions of nerve-cell neurons that receive electrical signals from other neurons and conducts those signals to the cell body: Adendric, or adendritic processes of neurons, can be found in certain cells in a spinal ganglia.

The surgical excision or removal of all or part of a gland: adenoidectomy: Because of her severe health issue, Dr. Martin said that an adenectomy of the affected gland should be performed as soon as possible.

Malposition or displacement of a gland: During the checkup, Jill's child was diagnosed with a condition of adenectopia, or the presence of a gland in a different anatomic place other than where it would normally be found.

A great chronic enlargement of the lymphatic glands; lymphadenia: An example of adenia can be found in Hodgkin's disease, distinguished by big tumor cells in the lymph nodes.

Pertaining to or resembling a gland; glandular: Dr. Simpson was especially interested in examining the adenic areas of Tim's body.

Glandlike; of glandular appearance; adenoid: The adenoids have an adeniform shape and exist on the back wall of the nose above the tonsils in children, and dwindle in size during adolescence.

A white crystalline base found in various animal and vegetable tissues as one of the purine base constituents: Adenine is responsible for the hereditary information given in the genetic code in DNA and RNA.

Inflammation of a lymph node or of a gland: Janet's throat was feeling very sore and hurt, and the doctor diagnosed her as having adenitis, including a swelling of the glands.

Conversion into a glandlike structure: The old-fashioned word adenization refers to the growth of secretory cells or glands in a tissue which lacked these earlier.

A malignancy of cells of squamous nature: adenocancroid: Adenoacanthoma is a type of cancer with scaly cells occurring in the endothelium of the large intestine, the mouth, or in the uterus.

An odontogenic tumor: An adenoameloblastoma is a benign tumor, normally found in the maxilla of a young person, comprised of ducts having columnar or cuboidal cells bordering them.

An angiosarcoma involving gland structures: The obsolete term adenoangiosarcoma refers to a malignant t tumor that grows quite fast in the blood vessels and concerns the glands as well.

A proliferating embryonic cell with the potential to develop and form glandular parenchyma: An adenoblast can be any tissue that produces glandular or secretory activity.

A malignant neoplasm of epithelial cells in glandular or glandlike pattern: An adenocarcinoma, an invasive malignant tumor, originates in glandular tissue.