lymphadenia
English
Etymology
lymph + -adenia
Noun
lymphadenia (plural lymphadenias)
- (medicine) Chronic inflammation and enlargement of the lymphatic glands, such as is found in Hodgkin's disease.
- 1910, Ernest Gaucher & Charles Frederic Marshall, Diseases of the skin: including radiotherapy and radiumtherapy:
- At the tumour period the diagnosis is easier, and the differential diagnosis chiefly concerns cutaneous lymphadenia and sarcoma.
- 1925, International Medical and Surgical Survey, page 286:
- Lymphadenids cover the eruptive varieties allied to the lymphadenias.
- 2016, J. H. Pabón, Clinical Parasitology: Practical Consultation:
- The lymphangitis and the lymphadenitis affect the upper as well as the inferior limbs and the genitalia (epididymitis, pain, and hyperesthesia scrotal might occur; being complicated in advanced stages with lymphadenia and scrotal elephantiasis).
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