lymphatic system

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Noun

Diagram of a female's lymphatic system.

lymphatic system (plural lymphatic systems)

1. (anatomy) In mammals, including humans, a network of lymph 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

• Arabic: جِهَاز لِمْفَاوِيّ m (jihāz limfāwiyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: جهاز لمفاوي m (gehaaz lemfawi)

• Catalan: sistema limfàtic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淋巴系統 / 淋巴系统 (zh) (línbā xìtǒng)

• Czech: lymfatický systém (cs) m
• Danish: lymfesystem n
• Finnish: imusuonisto
• French: système lymphatique (fr) m
• German: Lymphsystem (de) n
• Greek: λεμφικό σύστημα (el) n (lemfikó sýstima)
• Hungarian: nyirokrendszer (hu)
• Japanese: リンパ系 (rinpa-kei)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: koendama lîmfê f

• Persian: دستگاه لنفاوی (dastgâh-e lamfâvî)
• Polish: układ limfatyczny m, układ chłonny m
• Portuguese: sistema linfático m
• Romanian: sistem limfatic (ro) n
• Russian: лимфати́ческая систе́ма (ru) f (limfatíčeskaja sistéma)
• Spanish: sistema linfático (es) m
• Swedish: lymfatiskt system n, lymfsystem (sv) n
• Turkish: lenfatik sistem
• Vietnamese: hệ bạch huyết

See also

• glymphatic system