LYMPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lymph mean? 

• LYMPH (noun)
  The noun LYMPH has 1 sense:

1. a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels

  Familiarity information: LYMPH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYMPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lymph" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

Holonyms ("lymph" is a part of...):

cardiovascular system; circulatory system (the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body)

Holonyms ("lymph" is a substance of...):

chyle (a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats)

Derivation:

lymphatic (of or relating to or produced by lymph)

 Context examples 

Similarly, treatment with vesicles reduced HIV infection in human lymph and uterine cervix and vaginal tissues.

(Vesicles released by bacteria may reduce the spread of HIV in human tissue, National Institutes of Health)

Other sites of involvement include the liver, lung, lymph nodes, and retroperitoneum.

(Angiomyolipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of cancer that begins in the cells that line blood vessels or lymph vessels.

(Angiosarcoma, NCI Dictionary)

A rare disorder in which growths that are benign (not cancer) develop in lymph node tissue.

(Angiofollicular Lymphoid Hyperplasia, NCI Dictionary)

A disorder characterized by lymphoid hyperplasia in the lymph nodes.

(Angiofollicular Lymphoid Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include fever, joint pain, headache, and significant swelling of the lymph nodes.

(African Trypanosomiasis, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of ampulla of Vater cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Ampulla of Vater Cancer Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A lymph node located in the superior mediastinum that collects lymph from the thymus, the pericardium, and the right side of the heart.

(Anterior Mediastinal Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

They are found only in lymphoid organs and at sites of immune responses and normally do not circulate in the blood or lymph.

(Murine Plasma Cells, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Lymph node infection by Mycobacterium avium or Mycobacterium intracellulare.

(Mycobacterium Avium Complex Lymphadenitis, NCI Thesaurus)