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Madly enthusiastic; frantic. [Obs.] " Lymphatic rapture. " Sir T. Herbert. Etym: [See Lymphate.] Lymphatic gland (Anat.), one of the solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called also lymphatic ganglion, and conglobate gland. -- Lymphatic temperament (Old Physiol.), a temperament in w…

Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct.

Pertaining to, or containing, perilymph.

The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.

A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.

That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.

Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body. Dunglison.

the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.

Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.

Producing cells; -- applied esp. to lymphatic, or adenoid, tissue.

Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc.

Within a lymphatic vessel.

The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.

he alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being…

A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.

A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.

An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known.

A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.

Between follicles; as, the interfollicular septa in a lymphatic gland.

One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.