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LYMPH GLAND

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The source of lymph and lymphocytes

Synonyms:

lymph gland; lymph node; node

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Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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

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 gland" 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)

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