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Definition of lymphatic in English: lymphaticadjective lɪmˈfatɪklɪmˈfædɪk 1Physiology
Relating to lymph or its secretion. 〔生理〕淋巴的；淋巴分泌的 淋巴管。 淋巴引流。 Example sentencesExamples - Lymphatic watersheds represent divisions between lymphatic drainage regions that drain in opposite directions.
- You've got arterial venous vessels and the lymphatic vessels return fluid and debris and cells from the interstitial fluid around the vessels, back to the venous circulation.
- Lymph nodes also contain efferent lymphatic vessels, which lack Factor VIII staining.
- Manual drainage opens nonfunctioning lymphatic and venous connections and directs lymph through collateral vessels to adjacent normal lymphatics.
- These therapies involve turning patients at various angles to improve gas exchange, mobilization of secretions, and lymphatic drainage.
2archaic (of a person) pale, flabby, or sluggish. 〈古〉（人）苍白的；软弱的；反应慢的 Example sentencesExamples - He was a lymphatic, half-witted Hindu youth, who lived his life in almost complete silence, because he spoke some Manipur dialect which nobody else understood, not even his Zerbadi wife.
- He was of that soft, lymphatic temperament which it is almost impossible to keep within a moderate compass, particularly as in his case his lameness prevented his taking exercise.
Synonyms sluggish, lethargic, enervated, unenergetic, listless, languid, torpid, inactive, inert, slow, slow-moving, sleepy, somnolent, drowsy, weary, tired, fatigued, heavy, apathetic
noun lɪmˈfatɪklɪmˈfædɪk Physiology A vessel, similar to a vein, that conveys lymph in the body. the fluid is drained by the lymphatics and returned to the circulation Example sentencesExamples - The lymphatic system is a network of very fine vessels or tubes called lymphatics that drain lymph from all over the body.
- All resection margins, blood vessels, lymphatics, and regional lymph nodes were free of tumor.
- In addition, cancers can metastasize by penetrating into blood vessels, lymphatics, and body cavities.
- Invasion of neoplastic cells into blood vessels or lymphatics was present in all cases.
- These cells were found minimally invading the liver, by direct extension, but were readily found within the lumina of blood vessels and lymphatics.
OriginMid 17th century (in the sense 'frenzied, mad'): from Latin lymphaticus 'mad', from Greek numpholēptos 'seized by nymphs'; now associated with lymph, on the pattern of words such as spermatic. Rhymesachromatic, acrobatic, Adriatic, aerobatic, anagrammatic, aquatic, aristocratic, aromatic, asthmatic, athematic, attic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, chromatic, cinematic, climatic, dalmatic, democratic, diagrammatic, diaphragmatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, epigrammatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, hieratic, hydrostatic, hypostatic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, isochromatic, melodramatic, meritocratic, miasmatic, monochromatic, monocratic, monogrammatic, numismatic, operatic, panchromatic, pancreatic, paradigmatic, phlegmatic, photostatic, piratic, plutocratic, pneumatic, polychromatic, pragmatic, prelatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, psychosomatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, semi-automatic, Socratic, somatic, static, stigmatic, sub-aquatic, sylvatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, thermostatic, traumatic Definition of lymphatic in US English: lymphaticadjectivelɪmˈfædɪklimˈfadik 1Physiology
attributive Relating to lymph or its secretion. 〔生理〕淋巴的；淋巴分泌的 淋巴管。 淋巴引流。 Example sentencesExamples - These therapies involve turning patients at various angles to improve gas exchange, mobilization of secretions, and lymphatic drainage.
- Lymph nodes also contain efferent lymphatic vessels, which lack Factor VIII staining.
- Lymphatic watersheds represent divisions between lymphatic drainage regions that drain in opposite directions.
- You've got arterial venous vessels and the lymphatic vessels return fluid and debris and cells from the interstitial fluid around the vessels, back to the venous circulation.
- Manual drainage opens nonfunctioning lymphatic and venous connections and directs lymph through collateral vessels to adjacent normal lymphatics.
2archaic (of a person) pale, flabby, or sluggish. 〈古〉（人）苍白的；软弱的；反应慢的 Example sentencesExamples - He was a lymphatic, half-witted Hindu youth, who lived his life in almost complete silence, because he spoke some Manipur dialect which nobody else understood, not even his Zerbadi wife.
- He was of that soft, lymphatic temperament which it is almost impossible to keep within a moderate compass, particularly as in his case his lameness prevented his taking exercise.
Synonyms sluggish, lethargic, enervated, unenergetic, listless, languid, torpid, inactive, inert, slow, slow-moving, sleepy, somnolent, drowsy, weary, tired, fatigued, heavy, apathetic
nounlɪmˈfædɪklimˈfadik Physiology A vessel, similar to a vein, that conveys lymph in the body. Example sentencesExamples - These cells were found minimally invading the liver, by direct extension, but were readily found within the lumina of blood vessels and lymphatics.
- In addition, cancers can metastasize by penetrating into blood vessels, lymphatics, and body cavities.
- The lymphatic system is a network of very fine vessels or tubes called lymphatics that drain lymph from all over the body.
- All resection margins, blood vessels, lymphatics, and regional lymph nodes were free of tumor.
- Invasion of neoplastic cells into blood vessels or lymphatics was present in all cases.
OriginMid 17th century (in the sense ‘frenzied, mad’): from Latin lymphaticus ‘mad’, from Greek numpholēptos ‘seized by nymphs’; now associated with lymph, on the pattern of words such as spermatic. |