lymph node

English

Alternative forms

• lymphnode, lymphonode

Noun

lymph node (plural lymph nodes)

1. (anatomy, immunology) Each of the small oval bodies of the lymphatic system, distributed along the lymphatic vessels, that are clustered in the armpits, groin, neck, chest and abdomen. They act as filters, with an internal honeycomb of connective tissue filled with lymphocytes and macrophages that collect and destroy bacteria, viruses and foreign matter from lymph. When the body is fighting an infection, these lymphocytes multiply rapidly and produce a characteristic swelling of the lymph nodes.

   Synonyms: lymphatic node, lymph gland, lymphoglandula, lymphonodus

Derived terms

• lymph node syndrome
• mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

 

Related terms

• lymphonodular

Translations

filtrating oval bodies of the lymphatic system

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: عُقْدَة لِمْفَاوِيَّة f (ʕuqda limfāwiyya)
• Armenian: ավշային հանգույց (hy) (avšayin hanguycʻ), ավշահանգույց (hy) (avšahanguycʻ)
• Bashkir: биҙ (biź)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淋巴結／淋巴结 (zh) (línbājié)

• Czech: lymfatická uzlina f
• Esperanto: limfganglio
• Faroese: eitil m
• Finnish: imusolmuke (fi), lymphonodi
• French: ganglion lymphatique (fr) m, nœud lymphatique (fr) m
• Galician: ganglio linfático m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Lymphknoten (de) m pl, Lymphsystem (de) n
• Hebrew: קשר לימפה m (késher límfa), בלוטת לימפה f (balutát límfa)
• Hindi: लसीका पर्व m (lasīkā parv)
• Hungarian: nyirokcsomó (hu)
• Icelandic: eitill (is) m
• Irish: nód limfe m, faireog limfe f
• Italian: linfonodo (it) m
• Japanese: リンパ節 (ja) (リンパせつ, rinpasetsu)
• Khmer: កូនកណ្តុរ (konkântŏr)
• Korean: 림프절 (rimpeujeol)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: lîmfegirê (ku) f

• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: лимфна жлезда f (limfna žlezda)
• Maori: tīpona waitinana
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: akááz
• Ojibwe: (my lymph node) niniishk
• Portuguese: linfonodo m, gânglio linfático m
• Russian: лимфати́ческий у́зел (ru) m (limfatíčeskij úzel), лимфоу́зел (ru) (limfoúzel)
• Spanish: ganglio linfático (es) m
• Swedish: lymfknuta (sv) c, lymfkörtel (sv) c
• Tagalog: kulani
• Thai: ต่อมน้ำเหลือง (th) (dtɔ̀m-nám-lʉ̌ʉang)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: lenf düğümü
• Vietnamese: hạch bạch huyết, hạch lympho
• Welsh: chwarren lymff f, chwarren lymffatig f

References

• “lymph node”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “lymph node”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• "lymph node" in On-line Medical Dictionary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.

Anagrams

• endolymph