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lymphatic

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This term carries a clinical, sterile connotation, evoking images of microscopic tubes and clear fluids. It describes the body's drainage and immune surveillance network, focusing on the movement of lymph rather than the organs themselves. In older medical texts, the word was sometimes used to describe a melancholic or sluggish temperament, though this usage is now obsolete. In modern English, it remains strictly biological, denoting a specialized system of filtration and transport.

Countable when referring to a specific vessel (a lymphatic). Uncountable when used as an adjective describing the general system.

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Tính từ

[something]

Relating to lymph or the lymphatic system.

"The lymphatic vessels carry fluid back to the heart."

Danh từ

[someone][something]

A vessel or duct that carries lymph.

"The surgeon carefully avoided the primary lymphatic."

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