lymphatic system
nounDefinition of lymphatic system
: the part of the circulatory system that is concerned especially with scavenging fluids and proteins which have escaped from cells and tissues and returning them to the blood, with the phagocytic removal of cellular debris and foreign material, and with the immune response and that consists especially of lymphoid tissue, lymph, and lymph-transporting vessels
— called also lymph system
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Dry body brushing is said to energize the body, increases circulation and blood flow, and stimulates drainage from the lymphatic system to smooth skin's surface, sweep away flakes and dry patches, and even out lumps and bumps, including cellulite. — April Franzino, Good Housekeeping, "What Is "Dry Brushing" and Can It Really Cure Cellulite?," 31 July 2019 Rangan explained that venom circulates not by blood but through your lymphatic system, which moves fluids more slowly through the body. — Mary Forgione, latimes.com, "It’s rattlesnake season: 12 things you need to know," 7 June 2019 But lymphatic system fluid — which contains white blood cells and plays an important role in protecting the body from germs and disease — flows more slowly and can be helped along manually. — Elizabeth Kiefer, The Seattle Times, "Jade rollers: Puffy-eye wonder cure or sham?," 26 Mar. 2019 The new patient, described in a Nature article published Tuesday, received a bone marrow transplant in 2016 as a treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, "A Patient with HIV Has Gone Into Remission—Only the Second Case in Recorded Medical History," 6 Mar. 2019 These crippling and even fatal diseases include African sleeping sickness, a brain-eating amoeba, hookworm, roundworms that infiltrate the lymphatic system, and malaria. — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "UCSD steps up fight against tropical parasitical diseases," 4 July 2018 The PowerDot is a smart-muscle stimulator that activates muscles and gets your lymphatic system flowing. — Sarah Sekula, Fox News, "Mother's Day gifts your active, adventurous, outdoorsy mom will love," 8 May 2018 In other types of prion disease, infectious proteins zooming around the lymphatic system suggests that the disease is infectious, jumping from animal to animal. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Camels in Africa may have been quietly spreading prion disease for decades," 26 Apr. 2018 Once damaged, the fat cells are swept away by the body's lymphatic system. — Macaela Mackenzie, Allure, "What Are CoolSculpting and SculpSure, and Do They Actually Work?," 18 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lymphatic system.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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