| 单词 | lymph node |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslymph node lymph node n. any of several small rounded gland-like structures of the lymphatic system, which are disposed along the course of the lymph vessels and which are responsible for removing foreign bodies from the lymph stream and for producing lymphocytes and antibodies; a lymph gland. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > types of gland > [noun] miliary gland1691 mucilaginous gland1691 mucous gland1699 acinus1702 crypta1726 glandule1751 crypt1804 globate gland1813 ganglion1819 submaxillary1824 lacrimal1829 germ gland1840 sweat-gland1845 ductless glands1849 lymph node1892 metasternal1965 1892 Proc. N.Y. Path. Soc. 1891 65 (heading) Large-celled indurative hyperplasia of the lymph nodes. 1925 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 28 Feb. 669/2 The cervical, axillary, epitrochlear and inguinal lymph nodes were moderately enlarged. 1955 Sci. News Let. 18 June 393/2 Antibodies, he found, are formed in lymph nodes, better known to the layman as glands. 1961 H. A. Skinner Origin Med. Terms (ed. 2) 259/2 All of the early writers seem to have adhered to the term [lymph] gland..and the term has been continued, although there is no indication of any gland function. This was a matter of vigorous debate at the anatomical congress at Basle [in 1895]..and Toldt especially advocated use of the term ‘lymph node’. On the last ballot his suggestion was voted down by a large majority. In the Nomina Anatomica adopted at Paris in 1955 the term node was approved. 1972 J. W. Shields Tropic Function Lymphoid Elem. xi. 71 The lymph nodes are characteristically oriented to receive substrate more or less directly from the peripheral tissues. < as lemmas |
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