LYMPHATIC TISSUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lymphatic tissue mean? 

• LYMPHATIC TISSUE (noun)
  The noun LYMPHATIC TISSUE has 1 sense:

1. tissue making up the lymphatic system

  Familiarity information: LYMPHATIC TISSUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYMPHATIC TISSUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tissue making up the lymphatic system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

lymphatic tissue; lymphoid tissue

Hypernyms ("lymphatic tissue" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lymphatic tissue"):

faucial tonsil; palatine tonsil; tonsil; tonsilla (either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx)

lien; spleen (a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses)

lymph gland; lymph node; node (the source of lymph and lymphocytes)

adenoid; Luschka's tonsil; pharyngeal tonsil; third tonsil; tonsilla adenoidea; tonsilla pharyngealis (a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx))

Holonyms ("lymphatic tissue" is a part of...):

lymphatic system; systema lymphaticum (the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body)

 Context examples 

It may be in the general circulation or in lymphatic tissue.

(Peripheral B-Lymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

A fold of lymphatic tissue covered by ciliated epithelium at the very back of the nose, in the roof of the nasopharynx.

(Pharyngeal Tonsil, NCI Thesaurus)

Develops into connective tissue, blood vessels, and lymphatic tissue.

(Mesenchyme, NCI Thesaurus)

Refers to cells that develop into connective tissue, blood vessels, and lymphatic tissue.

(Mesenchymal, NCI Dictionary)

Ferumoxtran-10, which accumulates in non-cancerous lymphatic tissue, is used as a molecular resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent.

(Ferumoxtran-10, NCI Thesaurus)