anadenia

[ an-uh-dee-nee-uh, -deen-yuh ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. deficient glandular activity.
2. absence of glands.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anadenia¹

From New Latin; an- ¹, aden-, -ia

Example Sentences

The mutilated specimens of plants brought home by the party, and the accounts of some which were left behind, determined me to visit the new river myself, after botanizing a day in the vicinity of the station, where I found a fine glaucus-leaved Anadenia, and Mr. Gilbert got specimens of the blue kangaroo, and several small new quadrupeds--one of them apparently a true rat, almost as large and mischievous as the Norway rat.

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