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Sialadenitis
Meaning: Inflammation or infection of a salivary gland, causing painful swelling, often of the parotid.
In practice: Dehydrated elderly patients are at risk of acute bacterial sialadenitis of the parotid gland.
Word parts
- -itis means inflammation
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