lymph gland
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Suppurative parotitis may be due to direct spread of infection from the mouth along the parotid duct, or to extension of suppurative processes from the temporo-mandibular joint, the jaw, or a lymph gland.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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
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