LYMPHATIC VESSEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lymphatic vessel mean?
• LYMPHATIC VESSEL (noun)
The noun LYMPHATIC VESSEL has 1 sense:
1. a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation
Familiarity information: LYMPHATIC VESSEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LYMPHATIC VESSEL (noun)
Meaning:
A vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
lymph vessel; lymphatic vessel
Hypernyms ("lymphatic vessel" is a kind of...):
canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lymphatic vessel"):
thoracic duct (the major duct of the lymphatic system)
lacteal (any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct)
Holonyms ("lymphatic vessel" is a part of...):
lymphatic system; systema lymphaticum (the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body)