| 释义 |
lymph gland
noun
or lymph node
: one of the rounded masses of lymphoid tissue surrounded by a capsule of connective tissue that occur in various parts of the body in the course of the lymphatic vessels and that consist of a reticulum of connective tissue fibers in the meshes of which are contained numerous small round cells each having a large round deeply staining nucleus and when carried off by the lymph flowing through the gland becoming a lymphocyte |