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LYMPHOID
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling lymph or lymphatic tissues
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
lymph (a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels)
Context examples:
This agent also mediates antibody-dependent cytotoxicity thereby promoting Raji B-lymphoid cell lysis by human neutrophils.
(Monoclonal Antibody Lym-1, NCI Thesaurus)
While receiving less food, mice had fewer memory T cells in their lymphoid tissues, where they normally linger, and more of the T cells in bone marrow that became enriched with fat tissue.
(Memory T cells shelter in bone marrow, boosting immunity in mice with restricted diets, National Institutes of Health)
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1 (824 aa, ~92kDa) is encoded by the MALT1 gene.
(Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Translocation Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)
Lymphoid tissue on the mucosa of the small intestine.
(Murine Peyer's Patches, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by a neural spindle cell proliferation that replaces the appendiceal mucosa and lymphoid tissue.
(Appendix Neuroma, NCI Thesaurus)
A progressive, proliferative disease of blood cells, originating from immature lymphoid cells.
(Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The small intestinal morphologic changes are consistent with a mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALT lymphoma).
(Alpha Heavy Chain Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant lymphoid neoplasm composed of EBV-positive NK/T cells arranged in an angiocentric pattern.
(Nasal Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A provisional entity describing precursor lymphoid neoplasms that express CD56 and immature T-cell markers, lack B-lymphoid and myeloid markers, and have the immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor genes in the germline configuration.
(Natural Killer Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Immune Cell Suppression consists of interference with, or restraint of, the activity of one or more lymphoid or myeloid cell types associated with the immune response.
(Negative Regulation of Immune Cell Activation, NCI Thesaurus)
