any of numerous bean-shaped masses of tissue, situated along the course of lymphatic vessels, that help to protect against infection by killing bacteria and neutralizing toxins and are the source of lymphocytes
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lymph′ node′,
- Anatomyany of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes. Also called lymph′ gland′.
- 1890–95
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