LYMPHADENOPATHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lymphadenopathy mean? 

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

1. chronic abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes (usually associated with disease)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYMPHADENOPATHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chronic abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes (usually associated with disease)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

 Context examples 

They include recurrent infection especially pneumonia, cervical lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly.

(Chronic Granulomatous Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

An adult T-cell leukemia/ lymphoma associated with skin lesions and mild lymphadenopathy.

(Chronic Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients present with fever, lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly.

(Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients are usually infants presenting with fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, bone and skin lesions, and pancytopenia.

(Letterer-Siwe Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs usually present within the first decade and include fever, jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy and skin rash.

(Hemophagocytic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include generalized lymphadenopathy, fever, weight loss, and chronic diarrhea.

(Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

In contrast to most cases of CLL, Mu heavy chain disease is associated with hepatosplenomegaly and absence of lymphadenopathy. —2004

(Mu Heavy Chain Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

In the chronic phase patients develop hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias.

(Chagas Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Most patients present with peripheral and/or abdominal lymphadenopathy, and often have advanced disease and extranodal involvement.

(Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK-Positive, NCI Thesaurus)

Lymphadenopathy and organomegaly are frequent clinical signs, whereas bone pain and osteolytic lesions are less frequently present.

(Plasma Cell Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)