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lymph vessel

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-005015

A thin tube that collects lymph (clear watery fluid) from tissues in different parts of the body and returns it to the bloodstream. Lymph vessels branch, like blood vessels, throughout the body. They vary in size but are typically larger than blood capillaries and smaller than most veins. Also called lymphatic vessel.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-005015
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymslymphatic vessel
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-005015",
  "term": "lymph vessel",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A thin tube that collects lymph (clear watery fluid) from tissues in different parts of the body and returns it to the bloodstream. Lymph vessels branch, like blood vessels, throughout the body. They vary in size but are typically larger than blood capillaries and smaller than most veins. Also called lymphatic vessel.",
  "synonyms": [
    "lymphatic vessel"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/lymph-vessel/"
}

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