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Definition of Lymphatic system
1. Noun. The interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body.
Group relationships: Body, Organic Structure, Physical Structure
Terms within: Lymphatic Tissue, Lymphoid Tissue, Lien, Spleen, Thoracic Duct, Lymph Vessel, Lymphatic Vessel, Lymph Cell, Lymphocyte
Generic synonyms: Vascular System
Definition of Lymphatic system
1. Noun. (anatomy) In mammals, including humans, a network of lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes that transport fluid, fats, proteins, and lymphocytes to the bloodstream as lymph, and remove microorganisms and other debris from tissues. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Lymphatic system
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lymphatic System
Literary usage of Lymphatic system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"The lymphatic system of the cat has not been worked out in detail, ... The lymphatic
system consists of a number of vessels, the lymphatics, containing a ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"THE LACTEALS AND THE lymphatic system. § 285. We have seen that absorption does,
or at least may, take place from the stomach. We have also stated that a ..."
3. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1917)
"THE METHOD OF GROWTH OF THE lymphatic system* PROF. FLORENCE R. S AB IN Johns
Hopkins University IN SELECTING a title connected with the general subject of ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"THE lymphatic system OF THE INTESTINES. • intestines. The lymphatic glands of
the large intestine are much less numerous than the mesenteric glands ..."
5. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1889)
"THE LACTEALS AND THE lymphatic system. § 285. We have seen that absorption does,
or at least may, take place from the stomach. We have also stated that a ..."
6. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"lymphatic system. The lymphatic system arises from spaces in the general parenchyma
of the body, independent in their origin of the true body cavity, ..."
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