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SYSTEMA LYMPHATICUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

lymphatic system; systema lymphaticum

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("systema lymphaticum" 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 "systema lymphaticum"):

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 ("systema lymphaticum" is a part of...):

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

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