Which term means lymph gland inflammation?

A) lymphangiitis
B) lymphadenopathy
C) lymphadenitis
D) lympangiogram


C
Explanation: Lymphaden/o means lymph gland and -itis means inflammation; therefore, lymphadenitis means lymph gland inflammation. Lymphangi/o means lymph vessel, so lymphangiitis means lymph vessel inflammation. -pathy means disease; thus, lymphadenopathy means lymph gland disease. Lympangiogram is misspelled.

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