| lymphopenic thymic dysplasia | An obsolete term for thymic alymphoplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lymphoplasmapheresis | Separation and removal of lymphocytes and plasma from the withdrawn blood, with the remainder of the blood retransfused into the donor. Origin: Lymphocyte + plasma + G. Aphairesis, a withdrawal (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphoplasty | Surgical alteration of lymphatic vessels. Synonym: lymphoplasty. Origin: Lymphangio-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphopoiesis | The formation of lymphatic tissue. Origin: Lympho-+ G. Poiesis, a making (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphopoietic | Pertaining to or characterised by lymphopoiesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphoproliferation | <haematology, pathology> An increase in the production of lymphocytes. This may occur as a normal response to infection. (20 Mar 1998) |
| lymphoproliferative disorders | Disorders characterised by proliferation of lymphoid tissue, general or unspecified. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lymphoproliferative response | <haematology, immunology> A specific immune response that entails rapid T-cell replication. Standard antigens, such as tetanus toxoid, that elicit this response are used in lab tests of immune competence. (13 Nov 1997) |
| lymphoreticulosis | Proliferation of the reticuloendothelial cells (macrophages) of the lymph glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphorrhagia | Synonym: lymphorrhoea. Origin: Lympho-+ G. Rhegnymi, to burst forth (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphorrhoea | An escape of lymph on the surface from ruptured, torn, or cut lymphatic vessels. Synonym: lymphorrhagia. Origin: Lympho-+ G. Rhoia, a flow (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphorrhoid | A dilation of a lymph channel, resembling a haemorrhoid. Origin: Lymh + -rrhoid, tending to leak, on the analogy of haemorrhoid (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphosarcoma | <tumour> Obsolete term for malignant lymphoma. Origin: Lympho-+ G. Sarkoma, sarcoma Bovine lymphosarcoma, a systemic malignancy of the lymphoreticular system of cattle which is seen in two aetiologically and clinically distinct forms, enzootic bovine leukosis and sporadic bovine leukosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphosarcomatosis | An obsolete term for a condition characterised by the presence of multiple, widely distributed masses of lymphosarcoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lymphoscintigraphy | Scintillation scanning of lymphatics or lymph nodes following intralymphatic or subcutaneous injection of a radionuclide. (05 Mar 2000) |