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)