lymphatic Definition

of, relating to, or produced by lymph, lymphoid tissue, or lymphocytes

conveying lymph

lacking physical or mental energy : sluggish

a vessel that contains or conveys lymph —called also lymph vessel

the part of the circulatory system that is concerned especially with scavenging fluids and proteins which have escaped from cells and tissues and returning them to the blood, with the phagocytic removal of cellular debris and foreign material, and with the immune response and that consists especially of lymphoid tissue, lymph, and lymph-transporting vessels —called also lymph system

leukemia of either of two types marked by an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (such as lymphocytes) which accumulate especially in bone marrow, lymphoid tissue, and circulating blood —called also lymphatic leukemia