How to Use lymph in a Sentence

lymph

noun
  • 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
  • In addition to blood, another fluid flows through the body: lymph.
    Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 30 July 2024

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