lymph gland

noun

1. a former name for lymph node

Example Sentences

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

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“The reason we swing the arms nice and high is so that we’re activating the lymph glands. It releases tension and a lot of poisons inside the body.”

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Most of the linkage based on the epidemiologic studies was with a disease called Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which is a form of cancer that involves the lymph glands and the bone marrow.

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"The cancer then spread to my lymph glands in my armpits - which I eventually had removed."

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Diagnosed 12 years ago with breast cancer, it has now spread to Cheryl's lymph glands, lungs and spine.

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