systema lymphaticum
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1. the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | vascular system, |
| definition | : | the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | lien, spleen, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | thoracic duct, |
| definition | : | the major duct of the lymphatic system (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel, |
| definition | : | a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | lymph cell, lymphocyte, |
| definition | : | an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection (noun.body) |
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