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  • Lymphosarcoma

    A general term describing neoplastic disorders not including Hodgkin’s disease. A malignant growth arising from lymphocytes and their cells of origin in the lymph nodes. An old term for certain types of lymphoma. On the whole these tend to be the types with a better prognosis, and some may not need treatment for months or…

  • Lymphomatosis

    The growth of lymphomas in several areas of the body.  

  • Lymphoid organs

    The organs where lymphocytes develop and congregate: bone marrow, thymus, lymph nodes, spleen, and other lymphoid tissues. The spleen, lymph nodes, thymus, Peyer’s patches, and tonsils, where more than 98% of T lymphocytes are found.  

  • Lymphoranuloma venereum (LGV)

    A sexually transmitted disease that affects the lymph nodes is a disease that is endemic in the southern United States. Caused by a filterable virus and is characterized by ulcerative lesions on the genitalia, spreading to the lymph channels and lymph nodes and becoming systemic is self-limiting. Tetracycline is used to treat the disease.  

  • Lymphodema

    Chronic edema of the extremities as a result of an accumulation of fluid because of an obstruction or severance of the lymph nodes.  

  • Lymphatic tissues

    A three-dimensional network of reticular fibers and cells, the meshes of which are occupied in varying degrees of density by lymphocytes; there are nodular, diffuse, and loose.  

  • Lymphatic glands

    Lymph nodes.  

  • Lymphadenopathy syndrome

    A generalized, persistent enlargement of the lymph nodes, sometimes accompanied with a mild fever and weight loss is associated with HIV infection is also known as generalized lymphadenopathy syndrome.  

  • Lycanthropy

    The delusion of being a wolf. A very rare symptom of mental disorder in which an individual believes that he can change into a wolf. A mania in which one believes oneself to be a wild beast, especially a wolf. The act of transforming from a human to an animal. Lycanthropy comes from the Greek…

  • Luteum

    Golden yellow.  

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