How to Use lymph in a Sentence
lymph
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The prions also sweep through lymph nodes and the spleen.
— Carl Zimmer, The Seattle Times, 30 June 2017 -
A lump or mass in the neck (due to spread of the cancer to nearby lymph nodes).
— Steve Dorfman, miamiherald, 8 May 2017 -
And then there are lymph nodes, white blood cells and other things in the mix.
— Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021 -
The swollen lymph nodes may occur in the neck area, armpits, or groin, on both sides of the body or just one.
— Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 26 May 2022 -
A person may get swollen, painful lymph nodes near a flea bite.
— Danika Worthington, The Denver Post, 14 June 2017 -
Symptoms of the plague include fever, headaches, chills, and swollen lymph nodes.
— Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 6 July 2020 -
Other findings include swelling of the lymph nodes in the neck, and sore throat.
— Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 26 May 2022 -
Doctors had found a spot on his lung, which then spread to his lymph nodes.
— Ted Jackson, NOLA.com, 20 Aug. 2017 -
The lymph nodes, normally about as big around as a pinky tip, could swell to the size of a golf ball.
— Eric Boodman, STAT, 17 Nov. 2022 -
These include fever, malaise, headache, sore throat and cough and swollen lymph nodes.
— Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021 -
The symptoms of plague include high fever, chills, headache, nausea and swelling of the lymph nodes.
— Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 11 Aug. 2020 -
Turns out her cancer was Stage-2 that had spread to the lymph nodes under her arm.
— Jim Clash, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023 -
This cancer usually starts in the chest or neck and spreads through the lymph nodes.
— New York Times, 14 Apr. 2021 -
It was not attached to anything and my lymph nodes were clear.
— Eric Idle, Time, 22 Sep. 2022 -
There is a risk of swelling of the lymph nodes, as seen with earlier doses.
— Helen Branswell, STAT, 20 Sep. 2021 -
The cancer had spread to her lymph nodes and was upgraded from Stage 1 to Stage 3.
— Nancy Badertscher, ajc, 22 Jan. 2022 -
In the old land, Love was meant for strangers and their dogs, Yowling, licking wounds, sore lymph nodes.
— Aleksandar Hemon, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2020 -
Doctors removed 2 feet of her colon and at least 23 lymph nodes.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2022 -
By the time of my diagnosis, the cancer had spread to my lymph nodes.
— Nneka Joi, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2021 -
He was diagnosed in 2019 with cancer in the lymph nodes.
— Fox News, 18 Jan. 2022 -
Alvin Mueller said his wife was battling cancer in her lymph nodes and lungs.
— Ivan Moreno, The Seattle Times, 14 May 2017 -
The first shot of Pfizer’s vaccine left him a bit feverish, tired and with swollen lymph nodes in his neck.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020 -
Like with other age groups, the side effects for the vaccine can include fever, body aches and swelling of the lymph nodes.
— al, 21 June 2022 -
The illness starts with fever, aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion.
— Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022 -
The surgeon soon arrived to report the lymph nodes were cancer-free.
— Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2021 -
In stage 3, the tumors have spread to the lymph nodes or a lymph vessel between the original tumor and the nodes.
— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2023 -
One thing that seems a little bit more common with the booster dose is swollen lymph nodes in the armpit of the arm where the dose was given.
— Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Jan. 2022 -
If your blood is rife with cancer cells, those cells can build up in the lymph nodes in your neck, under your arm, in your groin.
— Barbara Brody, Health.com, 29 Sep. 2021 -
With this grip, the lymph channels can be gently and correctly stroked out of the lymph nodes in their natural course.
— Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 30 July 2024 -
This condition causes chronic swelling or build-up of lymph fluid under the skin.
— Cristina Mutchler, Health, 5 July 2024
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