lymphadenia

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English

Etymology

From lymph +‎ -adenia.

Noun

lymphadenia (plural lymphadenias)

  1. (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).