Adenia

Quick meaning: Adenia is a noun meaning Any plant in the genus Adenia, especially those which, like the genus Adenium (family Apocynaceae), are grown by collectors for their distinctive swollen stems or trunks.

Meaning

Any plant in the genus Adenia, especially those which, like the genus Adenium (family Apocynaceae), are grown by collectors for their distinctive swollen stems or trunks.

More Meanings

1. (dated) Synonym of lymphadenia.

Example Sentences

Simple adenia occurs oftenest between the ages of twenty and thirty, then again it is frequent between fifty and sixty. Leukæmic adenia is most frequent between the ages of thirty and forty.

Leudet and Perrin discovered submaxillary engorgement, so that we may suppose the possibility of that engorgement having existed at the commencement of the adenia, but to so small an extent as not to attract the notice of the patient.

Word Forms

• adenias

Synonyms for adenia

Depending on context, synonyms include lymphadenia.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include anadenia, adenodynia, lymphitis, lymphadenia, adenolymphangioadenitis, adenopathy.

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