lymph nodes

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Small, rounded structures along the small vessels of the lymphatic system that produce disease-fighting white blood cells and filter out harmful microorganisms and toxins from the lymph. Lymph nodes may become enlarged when they are actively fighting infection.

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Words nearby lymph nodes

lymphatolysis, lymph cell, lymphedema, lymph gland, lymph node, lymph nodes, lympho-, lymphoblast, lymphocyte, lymphocytopenia, lymphocytosis

How to use lymph nodes in a sentence

The tumor in his colon had spread to four of his lymph nodes and penetrated the bowel wall.
How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer|ProPublica|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The bone marrow of the dead soldiers was depleted dramatically, and their lymph nodes had shriveled away.
Sarin, Nitrogen Mustard, Cyanide & More: All About Chemical Weapons|Kent Sepkowitz|August 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If the lymph-nodes can conquer the germs and eat them up, the swelling goes down and the pain disappears.
Preventable Diseases|Woods Hutchinson
The lymph-nodes may be congested, or edematous and hemorrhagic.
Scurvy Past and Present|Alfred Fabian Hess

The lymph-nodes in the axill as well as in the groins and peribronchial nodes were normal.
Plague|Thomas Wright Jackson
Several enlarged lymph-nodes, smaller in size, could be followed down the neck on the left side.
Plague|Thomas Wright Jackson
One more function of the lymph nodes must be mentioned; this is their property in preventing the spread of cancer cells.
Physiology|Ernest G. Martin