Path. [mod.L., f. LYMPH + Gr. ἀδήν gland + -ITIS.] Inflammation of the lymphatic glands.
1879. J. R. Reynolds, Syst. Med., V. 134.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., IV. 554. The … condition of the spleen seen in cases of bacterial infection may be described as a splenitis and in some degree comparable to lymphadenitis.
