HyperDic: lymph_gland

English > 1 sense of the expression lymph gland:
NOUNbodylymph gland, lymph node, nodethe source of lymph and lymphocytes
English > lymph gland: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe source of lymph and lymphocytes.
Synonymslymph node, node
Part ofcirculatory system, cardiovascular systemThe organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body
immune systemA system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign / foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
NarrowerPeyer's patch, Peter's glandAny of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon
axillary nodeAny of the lymph glands of the armpit
buboA lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague / plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
Broaderlymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissuetissue making up the lymphatic system
Spanishganglio linfático, glándula linfática
Catalanglàndula limfàtica

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