What it means
The root in words about glands, the organs that make and release substances such as hormones, sweat or saliva. An adenoma is a growth made of gland tissue, adenocarcinoma is a cancer that starts in gland tissue, and adenopathy is swelling of glands, most often lymph nodes. The adenoids are lymph tissue at the back of the nose.
At a glance
| Also written | adeno- |
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