lymphatic system

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Noun

Diagram of a female's lymphatic system.

lymphatic system (uncountable)

1. (anatomy) In mammals, including humans, a network of lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes that transport fluid, fats, proteins, and lymphocytes to the bloodstream as lymph, and remove microorganisms and other debris from tissues.

Synonyms

• lymph system
• lymphoid system
• systema lymphaticum

Translations

network of lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes

Chinese: Mandarin: 淋巴系統 (zh), 淋巴系统 (zh) (línbā xìtǒng) Czech: lymfatický systém (cs) m. Finnish: imusuonisto (fi) French: système lymphatique (fr) m. German: Lymphsystem (de) n.

Greek: λεμφικό σύστημα (el) (lemfikó sýstima) n. Hungarian: nyirokrendszer (hu) Japanese: リンパ系 (ja) (rinpa-kei) Russian: лимфатическая система (ru) (limfatíčeskaja sistéma) f. Turkish: lenfatik sistem (tr)