adeno-, aden-, adeni-
(Greek: gland(s), glandular [from “acorn”])
adenalgia
A glandular pain; a painful swelling in a gland.
adendric, adendritic
Without dendrites.
adenectomy, adenectomies
The surgical excision or removal of all or part of a gland.
adenectopia
Malposition or displacement of a gland.
adenia
Chronic great enlargement of the lymphatic glands.
adenic
Pertaining to or resembling a gland.
adeniform
Glandlike; of glandular appearance.
adenine
A white crystalline base found in various animal and vegetable tissues as one of the purine base constituents.
adenitis:
Inflammation of a lymph node or of a gland.
adenitis
adenization
Conversion into a glandlike structure.
adenoacanthoma
adenoacanthoma, adenocancroid
An adenocarcinoma in which some or the majority of the cells exhibit squamous differentiation.
adenoameloblastoma
An odontogenic tumor.
adenoangiosarcoma
An angiosarcoma involving gland structures.
adenoblast
A proliferating embryonic cell with the potential to form glandular parenchyma.
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