Word Meanings - LYMPHOID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid; as, lymphoid tissue.

Related words: (words related to LYMPHOID)

• GLANDULAR
  Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.
• GLANDULOSITY
  Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands. Sir T. Browne.
• LYMPH
  An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic
• TISSUED
  Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as, tissued flowers. Cowper. And crested chiefs and tissued dames Assembled at the clarion's call. T. Warton.
• LYMPHOGENIC
  Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.
• GLAND
  The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing. (more info) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the
• GLANDAGE
  A feeding on nuts or mast. Crabb.
• GLANDERED
  Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse. Yu
• LYMPHATIC
  pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph. 2. Madly enthusiastic; frantic. " Lymphatic rapture. " Sir T. Herbert. Etym: Lymphatic gland , one of the solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called
• GLANDULOUS
  Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.
• LYMPHOMA
  A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma. Malignant lymphoma, a fatal disease characterized by the formation in various parts of the body of new growths resembling lymphatic glands in structure.
• LYMPHY
  Containing, or like, lymph.
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• LYMPH NODE
  A lymphatic gland.
• LYMPHADENITIS
  Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis.
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• LYMPHITIS
  See LYMPHADENITIS
• LYMPHANGIAL
  Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic.
• GLANDULIFEROUS
  Bearing glandules.
• COWPER'S GLANDS
  Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.
• INTERTISSUED
  Interwoven. Shak.
• ENDOLYMPH
  The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
• PLOWLAND; PLOUGLAND
  the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide. (more info) 1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.
• BIGLANDULAR
  Having two glands, as a plant.
• ENDOLYMPHATIC
  Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct. Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.