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the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchæmia.

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 ducts into the great veins near the heart.

A lymphatic gland.

Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis.

Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels. [Written also lymphangitis.]

Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic.

Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.

A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.

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

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.

Around the bronchi or bronchial tubes; as, the peribronchial lymphatics.

Around, or at the side of, a lymphatic vessel.

Around the blood vessels; as, perivascular lymphatics.

sluggish; heavy; as, a phlegmatic person. Addison. Phlegmatic temperament (Old Physiol.), lymphatic temperament. See under Lymphatic.

y hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of r…

A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.

Discovered or described by M. Tenon, a French anatomist. Tenonian capsule (Anat.), a lymphatic space inclosed by a delicate membrane or fascia (the fascia of Tenon) between the eyeball and the fat of the orbit; -- called also capsule of Tenon.

Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest. Thoracic duct (Anat.), the great trunk of the lymphatic vessels, situated on the ventral side of the vertebral column in the thorax and abdomen. See Illust. of Lacteal.

the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.

deep wound. Milton. Waxing kernels (Med.), small tumors formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children; -- popularly so called, because supposed to be caused by growth of the body. Dunglison.