What does "lymphatic" mean?
A vessel that transports lymph.
Lymphatic
/lɪmˈfæ.tɪk/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A vessel that transports lymph.
- Grammar: lymphatic is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: disease related to lymph, lymph related descriptor, lymph-related, lymph-related modifier.
- Useful contrasts: nonlymphatic, nonlymphatic disease, nonlymphatic modifier.
- Usage evidence: In the quiet of a courtyard in the northern Nigerian city of Jos, a dozen people sit in a circle on white plastic chairs, talking about their affliction: lymphatic filariasis, an infectious disease also known as elephantiasis.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A vessel that transports lymph.
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.
- 2 Lacking energy or enthusiasm; having characteristics once associated with an excess of lymph: lack of muscle tone, paleness, sluggishness, etc.
"Eleonore Lemindre, aged 34, tailoress, of a sanguine lymphatic temperament, having suffered great depression of spirits, experienced, in the course of 1820, symptoms of what is called disease of the heart."
- 3 Madly enthusiastic; frantic. obsolete
"A Negro stood by all the while trembling, now and then lifting up his hands and eyes, muttering his black Art to some hobgoblin, and (when we least suspected it) skips out, and in a limphatic rapture drew a long knife which he brandisht about his head 7 or 8 times, and after so many spells put it up againe; he then kisses the humid earth 3 times and rises merrily: upon a sudden, the skie cleared and no more noise affrighted us."
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to or produced by lymph wordnet
Synonyms
All synonyms disease related to lymphlymph related descriptorlymph-relatedlymph-related modifierlymphatic descriptive termlymphatic network
Antonyms
Example
"In the quiet of a courtyard in the northern Nigerian city of Jos, a dozen people sit in a circle on white plastic chairs, talking about their affliction: lymphatic filariasis, an infectious disease also known as elephantiasis."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "lymphatic"?
Common synonyms include: disease related to lymph, lymph related descriptor, lymph-related, lymph-related modifier, lymphatic descriptive term, lymphatic network.
How do you use "lymphatic" in a sentence?
In the quiet of a courtyard in the northern Nigerian city of Jos, a dozen people sit in a circle on white plastic chairs, talking about their affliction: lymphatic filariasis, an infectious disease also known as elephantiasis.
How do you pronounce "lymphatic"?
Pronounced /lɪmˈfæ.tɪk/.
Etymology
From lymph + -atic.