Meaning | The source of lymph and lymphocytes. |
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Synonyms | lymph node, node |
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Part of | circulatory system, cardiovascular system | The organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body |
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immune system | A 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 |
Narrower | Peyer's patch, Peter's gland | Any of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon |
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axillary node | Any of the lymph glands of the armpit |
bubo | A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague / plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis |
Broader | lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue | tissue making up the lymphatic system |
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Spanish | ganglio linfático, glándula linfática |
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Catalan | glàndula limfàtica |
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