A disease condition characterized by the enlargement or degeneration of lymph glands and lymphoid tissue.
From Greek 'aden' (gland) + '-ia' (medical condition suffix). Originally described conditions affecting the glandular and lymphatic systems.
Before modern antibiotics, adenia was a catch-all diagnosis for sick children with swollen glands—doctors didn't always know it could be anything from infection to malignancy!
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