lymphatic system

noun

: 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

Examples of lymphatic system in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Also available at Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue, the brand offers a range of body serums, butters and massage tools, $70 and up, intended to stimulate the lymphatic system. —Noor Lobad, WWD, 18 June 2024

The cold effect stimulates your lymphatic system, treating stagnant fluid—which causes puffiness—to drain. —Irene Coltrinari, Vogue, 17 June 2024

The second generation of worms then go wandering through the lymphatic system, into the blood, and then throughout the body (systemic phase). —Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024

In most regions of the body, the responsibility for preventing this kind of clogging falls on the lymphatic system. —William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

lymphatic system

noun

: the part of the circulatory system that consists of special tissue (as of the lymph nodes and tonsils), lymph, lymph-transporting vessels, and the thymus and spleen and is concerned especially with returning fluids and proteins back to the blood and with destroying material (as bacteria) foreign to the body

called also lymph system

Medical Definition

lymphatic system

noun

variants also lymph system or lymphoid system

: the part of the circulatory system that is concerned especially with collecting fluids and proteins that have escaped from cells and tissues and returning them to the blood, with the phagocytic removal of cellular debris and foreign material, and with immune responses, that overlaps and parallels the system of blood vessels in function and shares some constituents with it, and that consists mainly of the thymus, spleen, tonsils, lymph, lymph nodes, lymphatic vessels, lymphocytes, and bone marrow where stem cells differentiate into precursors of B cells and T cells