LYMPHATIC SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lymphatic system mean? 

• LYMPHATIC SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun LYMPHATIC SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body

  Familiarity information: LYMPHATIC SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYMPHATIC SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

lymphatic system; systema lymphaticum

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 

According to the WHO, infections typically occur during childhood but may go unnoticed, leading to a permanently impaired lymphatic system.

(New portable device to gauge severity of elephantiasis, SciDev.Net)

Administration of a drug within the lymphatic system: into the lymph nodes or/and the lymph vessels.

(Intralymphatic Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Any component of the complex group of organs including the thymus, spleen, tonsils, lymphatic system, hematopoietic system and cells like lymphocytes, granulocytes, monocytes and macrophages that defends the body against infection or disease.

(Immune System Part, NCI Thesaurus)

The complex group of organs like thymus, spleen, tonsils, lymphatic system, hematopoetic system and cells like lymphocytes, granulocytes, monocytes and macrophages that defends the body against infection or disease.

(Immune system, NCI Thesaurus)

Any deviation from the normal structure or function of the blood or lymphatic system that is manifested by a characteristic set of symptoms and signs.

(Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

At first, when the researchers set the MRI to see blood vessels, the dura lit up brightly, and they could not see any signs of the lymphatic system.

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

These vessels contained markers of the lymphatic system.

(Lymphatic Vessels Discovered in Central Nervous System, NIH)

The Bcl-2 family of proteins (bcl-2, bcl-xl, bcl-w, and Mcl-1) are overexpressed in a wide variety of cancers, including those of the lymphatic system, breast, lung, prostate, and colon.

(Obatoclax mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Injected into the periphery of the tumor site, isosulfan blue localizes to the lymphatic system and aids in the surgical identification of tumor sentinel nodes which stain blue.

(Isosulfan blue, NCI Thesaurus)

An indolent (slow-growing) type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system) in which there are both small and large cancer cells.

(Follicular mixed cell lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)