A benign tumor containing both glandular and lymphoid tissue elements, sometimes called Warthin's tumor when found in the parotid gland.
From Greek adeno- 'gland' + lympho- 'relating to lymph' + -oma 'tumor'. Medical terminology combining two tissue types found in the tumor.
Adenolymphoma is named Warthin's tumor after the pathologist who described it, showing how medical terms often memorialize the doctors who discovered them—it's a way of giving credit in the scientific community!
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