LYMPH NODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lymph node mean? 

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

1. the source of lymph and lymphocytes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYMPH NODE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The source of lymph and lymphocytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

lymph gland; lymph node; node

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

lymphatic tissue; lymphoid tissue (tissue making up the lymphatic system)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lymph node"):

axillary node (any of the lymph glands of the armpit; fights infections in the neck and chest and arm regions)

Peter's gland; Peyer's patch (any of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon)

bubo (a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis)

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

immune system (a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response)

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

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the reduction of the Helper T-lymphocytes in the peripheral blood and the lymph nodes.

(Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Lymph nodes that contain cancer may also be removed during this operation.

(Abdominoperineal resection, NCI Dictionary)

“D” refers to cancer that has spread to lymph nodes or to other places in the body.

(ABCD rating, NCI Dictionary)

It is characterized by destructive infiltration of lymph nodes and extranodal sites by a monotonous population of transformed lymphocytes or plasma cells.

(Monomorphic Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A mature T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, characterized by systemic disease and a polymorphous infiltrate involving lymph nodes.

(angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

The spread of cancer to and establishment in the lymph nodes

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation of the mesenteric lymph nodes.

(Mesenteric Lymphadenitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Breast cancer has a high rate of metastasis to bone, lung, liver, lymph nodes, and the brain.

(Tell-tale biomarker detects early breast cancer, NIH)

They transport lymph, a colorless fluid containing immune cells and waste, to the lymph nodes.

(NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains, National Institutes of Health)

The expression of the gene may be a marker for metastatic breast cancer because it is expressed at elevated levels in breast carcinomas displaying lymph node metastases.

(MUCL1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)