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LYMPH NODE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The source of lymph and lymphocytes
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lymph node" is a kind of...):
lymphatic tissue; lymphoid tissue (tissue making up the lymphatic system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lymph node"):
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 node" 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)
Context examples:
The area between the lungs; it contains the thymus, some lymph nodes, and vessels and branches of the internal thoracic artery.
(Anterior mediastinum, NCI Thesaurus)
Lymph node infection by Mycobacterium avium or Mycobacterium intracellulare.
(Mycobacterium Avium Complex Lymphadenitis, NCI Thesaurus)
Once in the patient, the engineered dendritic cells migrate to the lymph node and activate T cells to fight the tumor and create an immune memory to prevent the cancer from coming back.
(Boosting Immunotherapy Against Brain Cancer, NIH)
A finding about one or more characteristics of mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of peripheral lymph nodes.
(Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that first appears on the skin and can spread to the lymph nodes or other organs such as the spleen, liver, or lungs.
(Mycosis fungoides, NCI Dictionary)
This procedure is usually used to get a tissue sample from the lymph nodes on the left side of the chest.
(Anterior mediastinotomy, NCI Dictionary)
A lymph node located in the mesentery.
(Mesenteric Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.
(Melanoma of the Uvea Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
Melanomas frequently metastasize to lymph nodes, liver, lungs, and brain.
(Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of appendiceal carcinoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.
(Appendiceal Carcinoma Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
