- mesenteric a. an illness with abdominal pain and fever due to enlargement and inflammation of the mesenteric lymph node s; often mistaken for appendicitis. SYN: mesenteric lymphadenitis.
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inflammation of a gland or group of glands (or glandlike structures). For example, mesenteric adenitis affects the lymph nodes (formerly called lymph glands) in the membranous support of the intestines (the mesentery); cervical adenitis affects the lymph nodes in the neck.
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ad·e·ni·tis (ad″ə-niґtis) inflammation of a gland; see also lymphadenitis.Medical dictionary. 2011.