Any disease or abnormal condition of a gland, especially enlargement of lymph nodes.
From Greek 'aden' (gland) + 'pathos' (disease, suffering). This medical term became standard in the 18th-19th centuries as physicians needed precise language to describe glandular disorders.
When you get swollen lymph nodes in your neck from a cold, you technically have adenopathy—it's a word doctors use to describe what seems like a simple symptom, but it actually tells them your immune system is actively fighting an infection.
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