adenose

English

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ -ose.

Adjective

adenose (not comparable)

1. (medicine, rare) Related to glands.

   Synonyms: adenous, glandulous

   • 1950 November, José Medina, João Sampaio Góes, “Intracanalicular Tumors of the Mammary Gland: Clinical Diagnosis and Histopathologic Picture”, in The Journal of the International College of Surgeons, volume 14, number 5, page 507:

     Another pathologic entity which may present a growth toward the inside of the galactophorous duct is the adenose growth associated with chronic cystic mastopathia. It represents a type of epithelial intracanalicular hyperplasia that may occur in a woman from 30 to 40 years of age.

   • 1991, Volker Barth, Atlas of Breast Disease, page 78:

     As the papilloma ages, there is an increase in stromal fibroses and clods of calcium deposit as well as scleroses with adenose epithelial patterns at the stalk. These formations give the false impression of invasive carcinoma (pseudoinfiltration).

   • 1998, Ronald T. Libby, Eco-wars: political campaigns and social movements, page 145:

     The U.S. studies ignored the different kinds of cell types in lung cancer (epidermoid, adenose, and small cell and large cell) that would be associated with secondhand smoke if it causes cancer.

Related terms

• adenosis

Anagrams

• doesnae

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.deˈno.ze/, (traditional) /a.deˈno.se/
• Rhymes: -oze, (traditional) -ose
• Hyphenation: a‧de‧nó‧se

Adjective

adenose

1. feminine plural of adenoso

Portuguese

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ -ose.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈnɔ.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈnɔ.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.deˈnɔ.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨˈnɔ.zɨ/ [ɐ.ðɨˈnɔ.zɨ]

• Rhymes: -ɔzi, -ɔzɨ
• Hyphenation: a‧de‧no‧se

Noun

adenose f (plural adenoses)

1. adenosis (benign swelling of lymph glands)

   Synonym: adenopatia

Further reading

• “adenose” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “adenose” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “adenose” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “adenose” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.