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lymph gland

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noun

  1. a former name for lymph node

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A consultant later told him he had throat cancer that had spread to his lymph gland.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023

On April 21, I returned to Orthopedist No. 1, and he assured me that my elbow bursitis was unconnected to the swelling in my right armpit, where I have a lymph gland.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2021

A lymph gland in his neck swelled to golf-ball size, his lips and tongue turned strawberry, and scarlet blotches appeared on his chest and back.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the right side the swelling measured 3½ by 5 inches, and the corresponding lymph gland was 2¾ inches long by 1¾ inches in diameter.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

A better specimen can sometimes be obtained by puncturing an enlarged lymph gland with a hypodermic needle, injecting a few minims of sterile saline solution and then aspirating the blood-stained fluid.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

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