ADENOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adenosis mean? 

• ADENOSIS (noun)
  The noun ADENOSIS has 1 sense:

1. a disorder of the glands of the body

  Familiarity information: ADENOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADENOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disorder of the glands of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

adenosis; gland disease; glandular disease; glandular disorder

Hypernyms ("adenosis" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adenosis"):

hyperparathyroidism (excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; can affect many systems of the body (especially causing bone resorption and osteoporosis))

hypoparathyroidism (inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood)

hyperpituitarism (excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone))

Addison's disease; Addison's syndrome; hypoadrenalism; hypoadrenocorticism (a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin)

adenopathy (a glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands))

aldosteronism; hyperaldosteronism (a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone)

Cushing's disease; hyperadrenalism (a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity)

Cushing's syndrome; hyperadrenocorticism (a glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol)

hyperthyroidism; thyrotoxicosis (an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones)

hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones)

 Context examples 

Women with sclerosing adenosis of the breast may have a slightly increased risk of breast cancer.

(Breast Sclerosing Adenosis, NCI Dictionary)

A fibroadenoma that displays fibrocystic changes including apocrine metaplasia, sclerosing adenosis, and cyst formation.

(Complex Fibroadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include fibrocystic disease, gynecomastia, mastitis, and adenosis.

(Non-Neoplastic Breast Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Breast adenosis characterized by the proliferation of acini, a lobulated architectural pattern, and stromal sclerosis.

(Breast Sclerosing Adenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare variant of breast adenosis characterized by the proliferation of small round glands in a collagenous stroma.

(Breast Microglandular Adenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

An uncommon variant of breast adenosis characterized by the presence of irregularly shaped glands, epithelial cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm, and prominent myopepithelial cells.

(Breast Adenomyoepithelial Adenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Breast adenosis characterized by the presence of extensive apocrine metaplasia.

(Breast Apocrine Adenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Breast adenosis characterized by the presence of ducts with distended lumen and columnar cell metaplasia.

(Breast Blunt Duct Adenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Breast adenosis is a benign condition in which the lobules are larger than usual.

(Adenosis, NCI Dictionary)