lymphatic
pronunciation
How to pronounce lymphatic in British English: UK [lɪm'fætɪk]
How to pronounce lymphatic in American English: US [lɪm'fætɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or produced by lymph
Word Origin
- lymphatic (adj.)
- 1640s, from Latin lymphaticus, from lympha (see lymph). Also sometimes used in the classical Latin sense "mad, frenzied," which was the primary sense of lymphaticus in Latin: OED reports this "difficult to account for," but perhaps due to association of lympha with nymphe; compare Greek nymphian "to be frenzy-stricken."
Example
- 1. Relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue .
- 2. How is lymphatic tumor caused ?
- 3. But after puberty it shrinks and the lymphatic tissue becomes fat .
- 4. Lymphatic filariasis isn 't limited to guyana .
- 5. It 's the next lymphatic system over .