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lymphoid

lymphoid

1 7.5
Relating to body tissue that helps the body fight infection, like the tonsils
  • adjective
  • /ˈlɪm.fɔɪd/
  • Specialized
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  • Researchers are studying how lymphoid structures can enhance the immune response.
  • lymphoid tissue
  • lymphoid hyperplasia
  • lymphoid stroma

This family of lymphoid cells include the natural killer cell that we've met before, the B cell that we've also met before.

Examples

  • Next, we look at bone marrow smears from a seventeen-year-old boy with Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of lymphoid tissue.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Clinically, it suggests that hyperplasia of the remaining lymphoid tissue might be a concern later on, especially in adults.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Have them check it for lymphoid hyperplasia.

    Critical Care (1997)

  • And that same medicine that he's fed to me to activate my lymphoid tissues.

    The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)

  • The epithelium was supported by a variable amount of lymphoid stroma.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Biopsies of the nasal masses were consistent with reactive lymphoid hyperplasia.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The development of intestinal lymphoid tissues and innate and adaptive immunity early in life defines this neonatal window.

    Academic text (2016)

  • A new monoclonal antibody test can detect telltale prions in lymphoid tissue taken from a sheep's third eyelid.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Later, O'Rourke had a real breakthrough when she discovered that prions collect in pockets of lymphoid tissue in a sheep's nictitating membrane, or third eyelid.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The lymphoid tissue in the throat plays a crucial role in protecting against infections.

Synonyms

lymphatic
vslymphoid
  • Specialized
7 7.8

Relating to the body's system that carries fluid and fights infection

is broader, also describing things that only resemble lymph tissue

Compounds

lymphoid tissue
  • Specialized
1 5.8

Tissue in parts of the body like tonsils and spleen that helps fight infection

Surface Forms

lymphoid positive

Morphology

lymphoid = lymph (semi-transparent) = lymph + oid

Formally built from 'lymph' + '-oid', but the suffix '-oid' is somewhat technical and may be unfamiliar to average learners, and the meaning is domain-specific.

Etymology

Lymphoid comes from lymph, a word for the body's 'clear fluid' that helps fight infection, and the ending -oid, which means 'like' or 'resembling', as in humanoid or asteroid. So lymphoid describes tissues or organs that are 'like' lymph or part of the lymph system, such as the tonsils and spleen, which help protect the body.