lymph vessel
English Thesaurus
1. a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct, |
| definition | : | a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | thoracic duct, |
| definition | : | the major duct of the lymphatic system (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | lacteal, |
| definition | : | any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | lymphatic system, systema lymphaticum, |
| definition | : | the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body (noun.body) |
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