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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

Within minutes, the tracers reached nearby lymph nodes, connecting the eye's newly identified drainage route to the body's broader lymphatic system.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 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

"They'll coax excess lymph fluid from your swollen tissues toward your lymph nodes, where the lymph can reabsorb," he says - adding lymph nodes are found in the armpits, neck and groin.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

New tumors seemed to appear daily—on her lymph nodes, hip bones, labia—and she spent most days with a fever up to 105.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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