| adenocarcinoma, papillary | An adenocarcinoma containing finger-like processes of vascular connective tissue covered by neoplastic epithelium, projecting into cysts or the cavity of glands or follicles. It occurs most frequently in the ovary and thyroid gland. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| adenocarcinoma, scirrhous | An adenocarcinoma with a hard (greek skirrhos, hard) structure owing to the formation of dense connective tissue in the stroma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenocarcinoma, sebaceous | A malignant tumour composed of cells showing differentiation toward sebaceous epithelium. The tumour is solitary, firm, somewhat raised, more or less translucent, and covered with normal or slightly verrucose epidermis. It may be yellow or orange. The face and scalp are the commonest sites. The growth can be slow or rapid but metastasis is uncommon. Surgery cures most of the cases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenocellulitis | Inflammation of a gland, usually a lymph node, and of the adjacent connective tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenochondroma | Synonym: pulmonary hamartoma. Origin: adeno-+ G. Chondros, cartilage, + -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenocystoma | <tumour> Adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenocyte | A secretory cell of a gland. Origin: adeno-+ G. Kytos, a hollow (cell) (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenodiastasis | Separation or ectopia of glands or glandular tissue from their usual anatomical sites, e.g., pancreatic glands in the wall of the small intestine, gastric glands in the wall of the oesophagus. Origin: adeno-+ G. Diastasis, a separation (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenodynia | Rarely used term for adenalgia. Origin: adeno-+ G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenoepithelioma | <tumour> Obsolete term for an epithelioma containing glandular elements. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenofibroma | A benign neoplasm composed of glandular and fibrous tissues, with a relatively large proportion of glands. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenofibromyoma | A small, circumscribed, benign tumour of the genital tract, composed of small glandlike spaces lined by flattened or cuboidal mesothelium-like cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenofibrosis | A nodular, benign breast lesion occurring most frequently in relatively young women and consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma; the changes may be difficult to distinguish microscopically from carcinoma. Also, a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acimar tissue with increased stroma; the basal cell layer shows characteristic smooth muscle metaplasia. Synonym: adenofibrosis, fibrosing adenomatosis, fibrosing adenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenogenous | Having an origin from glandular tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenographic | Pertaining to adenography. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |