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LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body
Synonyms:
lymphatic system; systema lymphaticum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lymphatic system" is a kind of...):
vascular system (the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant)
Meronyms (parts of "lymphatic system"):
lymphatic tissue; lymphoid tissue (tissue making up the lymphatic system)
lien; spleen (a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses)
thoracic duct (the major duct of the lymphatic system)
lymph vessel; lymphatic vessel (a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation)
lymph cell; lymphocyte (an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection)
Holonyms ("lymphatic system" is a part of...):
body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))
Context examples:
A quickly growing cancer that arises in the cells of the lymphatic system.
(Aggressive lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)
While the highest plastic concentrations in animal studies have been found in the gut, the smallest microplastic particles are capable of entering the blood stream, lymphatic system and may even reach the liver.
(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)
DLBCL is the most common type of lymphoma—cancer that arises in the lymphatic system, where infection-fighting cells are made.
(Tumor DNA in Blood Reveals Lymphoma Progression, NIH)
A rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system) with large cells that look cleaved (split) or non-cleaved under the microscope.
(Follicular large cell lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)
Poorly cleared by the lymphatic system, this formulation undergoes increased cleavage by tumor cell lysosomal proteinases, resulting in increased, sustained intracellular concentrations of free doxorubicin.
(Doxorubicin-HPMA Conjugate, NCI Thesaurus)
Then in 2015, two studies of mice found evidence of the brain’s lymphatic system in the dura.
(NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains, National Institutes of Health)
Blood vessels deliver white blood cells to an organ and the lymphatic system removes the cells and recirculates them through the body.
(NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains, National Institutes of Health)
Moreover, their brain scans and autopsy studies of brains from nonhuman primates confirmed the results seen in humans, suggesting the lymphatic system is a common feature of mammalian brains.
(NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains, National Institutes of Health)
Until very recently, researchers in the modern era found no evidence of a lymphatic system in the brain, leaving some puzzled about how the brain drains waste, and others to conclude that brain is an exceptional organ.
(NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains, National Institutes of Health)
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