lymph node

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

lymph node

Any of the small bodies located along the vessels of the lymphatic system (in humans notably in the neck, armpits, and groin) that filter bacteria and foreign particles from lymph fluid. During infection, lymph nodes may become swollen with activated lymphocytes. Also called lymph gland.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

lymph node

(Anatomy) any of numerous bean-shaped masses of tissue, situated along the course of lymphatic vessels, that help to protect against infection by killing bacteria and neutralizing toxins and are the source of lymphocytes

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

lymph′ node`

any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymph vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.

Also called lymph′ gland`.

[1890–95]

lymph node

A bean-shaped mass of tissue found along the vessels of the lymphatic system. Lymph nodes act to filter foreign substances from the blood.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

lymph node - the source of lymph and lymphocytes

lymph gland, node

lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue - tissue making up the lymphatic system

axillary node - any of the lymph glands of the armpit; fights infections in the neck and chest and arm regions

Peter's gland, Peyer's patch - any of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon

immune system - a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response

cardiovascular system, circulatory system - the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body

bubo - a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis

Translations

lymfatická uzlina

LymphknotenLymphsystem

ganglio linfático

imusolmukelymphonodi

ganglion lymphatiquenœud lymphatique

лимфатический узел

lymph node

n → Lymphknoten m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

References in periodicals archive ?

Two patients underwent simple mastectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy.

Male breast cancer: A 10 year retrospective case series in a tertiary care hospital

Approximately 10 to 40 percent of breast cancer patients who have had an axillary lymph node dissection will experience lymphedema, according to Dr.

Lymphedema: Causes, Risk Factors, and Treatment Options: For some breast cancer patients, one type of treatment can cause swelling in their arms and diminish their quality of life

Lymph node excisional biopsies or neck dissections may precede, accompany, or follow the biopsy or resection of a primary head and neck tumor.

Data Set for the Reporting of Nodal Excisions and Neck Dissection Specimens for Head and Neck Tumors: Explanations and Recommendations of the Guidelines From the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting

A promising alternative to assess axillary lymph node status in early breast cancer patients is Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) and USG guided FNAC Both USG5 guided FNAC and sentinel lymph node biopsy have been useful to avoid a morbid axillary dissection.

A PROSPECTIVE TRIAL COMPARING THE ACCURACY BETWEEN ULTRASOUND GUIDED FNAC OF AXILLARY LYMPH NODES AND SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY USING METHYLENE BLUE FOLLOWED BY IMPRINT CYTOLOGY IN CLINICALLY NODE NEGATIVE EARLY BREAST CANCERS

* The procedure of hydrodissection with saline to separate target small lymph node metastases from adjacent cervical large vessels can be safely performed under US guidance with excellent (100%) separation success rate (SSR).

US-guided core needle biopsy under assistance of hydrodissection to diagnose small lymph node metastases adjacent to cervical large vessels

Esophageal cancer prevails in China, with the morbidity and morbidity rates ranking fourth among those of all malignant tumors.1 Although surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have been widely used, the 5-year survival rates of patients are still as low as 10%-30%.2 Most patients have entered the middle and advanced stages upon diagnosis, hence the prognosis is mostly affected by postopera-tive recurrence and lymph node metastasis.3

Effects of lymph node metastasis of thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma on design of radiotherapy target volume

At this point, we considered this mass as distant lymph node recurrence with invading external iliac artery.

Rectal Cancer with Synchronous External Iliac Lymph Node Metastasis Invading the External Iliac Artery and Its Surgical Management: A Case Report/External Iliak Arteri Infiltre Eden Senkron Rektum Kanseri Metastazi; Olgu Sunumu

Keywords: Carcinoma Breast, Sentinel lymph node, 99mTc-Nanocolloids.

ACCURACY OF INTRAOPERATIVE RADIONUCLIDE SCINTIGRAPHY FOR DETECTION OF SENTINEL LYMPH NODE USING 99MTC LABELED NANOCOLLOIDS IN EARLY BREAST CARCINOMA

Lymph node enlargements are a common condition in childhood which can obsess the families and physicians in some cases.

Lymphadenopathies: An Annoyance or Not?

Patients at Z0011 had partially good prognostic characteristics; mean age was 55, 70% had T1, 82% were ER+, 71% had only one positive lymph node and44 % has micrometastases (1, 5).

Positive Axilla in Breast Cancer; Clinical Practice in 2018

"These findings allow surgeons to select which patients with microinvasive tumors may actually benefit from lymph node sampling while sparing other patients from this procedure," said Tamera Lillemoe, a study co-author.

Small breast tumours may not need biopsy: Study

05 ( ANI ): Turns out, patients with very small breast tumours can forgo lymph node biopsies.