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• plural of lymph node.

lymph nodes

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1. 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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"Because if it had spread to, for example, the lymph nodes in the center of the chest, he would have had some treatment before surgery, which he didn't have," he explained.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The other forms of plague are bubonic, which infects the lymph nodes, and septicemic, which is transmitted in the bloodstream and is also very deadly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

That material may then travel to lymph nodes in the neck, where dendritic cells identify it and present it as a target for T cells.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

The findings suggest these nearby immune hubs can respond rapidly to brain cancer, becoming active before more distant lymph nodes even receive signals that something is wrong.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Here she could envision a man’s skeleton, his musculature; she could describe the workings of his lymph nodes.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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