Adenitis (Noun)
Meaning
Inflammation of a gland or lymph node.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The patient was diagnosed with mesenteric adenitis, which caused severe abdominal pain and discomfort.
- Mesenteric adenitis is often mistaken for appendicitis due to the similar symptoms and location of the inflammation.
- The doctor suspected adenitis when she noticed the swollen lymph nodes in the patient's neck.
- The child was prescribed antibiotics to treat the adenitis that had developed in her tonsils.
- The biopsy results confirmed that the patient had adenitis, which was causing the swelling and tenderness in her lymph nodes.