lymphatic system

lymphatic system

English

Noun

Diagram of a female's lymphatic system.

lymphatic system (plural lymphatic systems)

1. (anatomy) In mammals, including humans, a network of lymph vessels and lymph nodes that transport fluid, fats, proteins, and lymphocytes to the bloodstream as lymph, and remove microorganisms and other debris from tissues.

Synonyms

• lymph system
• lymphoid system
• systema lymphaticum

Translations

network of lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes

Arabic: جِهَاز لِمْفَاوِيّ‎ m (jihāz limfāwiyy) Egyptian Arabic: جهاز لمفاوي‎ m (gehaaz lemfawi) Catalan: sistema limfàtic m Chinese: Mandarin: 淋巴系統／淋巴系统 (zh) (línbā xìtǒng) Czech: lymfatický systém (cs) m Danish: lymfesystem n Finnish: imusuonisto French: système lymphatique (fr) m German: Lymphsystem (de) n Greek: λεμφικό σύστημα (el) n (lemfikó sýstima) Hungarian: nyirokrendszer (hu) Japanese: リンパ系 (rinpa-kei) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: koendama lîmfê f Persian: دستگاه لنفاوی‎ (dastgāh-e-lamfāvī) Portuguese: sistema linfático m Romanian: sistem limfatic (ro) n Russian: лимфати́ческая систе́ма (ru) f (limfatíčeskaja sistéma) Spanish: sistema linfático (es) m Swedish: lymfatiskt system n, lymfsystem (sv) n Turkish: lenfatik sistem Vietnamese: hệ bạch huyết

See also

• glymphatic system