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extralymphoid

extralymphoid adjective: outside of the lymphatic system.

Adjective

extralymphoid (not comparable)

  1. Outside of the lymphatic system
    • These cells remain resident within extralymphoid tissues following immune responses and provide rapid protective immunity against previously encountered pathogens [14, 18, 35 ].2016 January 1, “Tregs Modulate Lymphocyte Proliferation, Activation, and Resident-Memory T-Cell Accumulation within the Brain during MCMV Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of extralymphoid

From extra- + lymphoid.

Questions about extralymphoid

What does extralymphoid mean?
Extralymphoid means outside of the lymphatic system.
What part of speech is extralymphoid?
Extralymphoid is an adjective.

Words near extralymphoid in the dictionary

  1. extralogically
  2. extralong
  3. extraluminal
  4. extraluminally
  5. extralymphatic
  6. extralymphoid
  7. extralysosomal
  8. extramacula
  9. extramacular
  10. extramammary
  11. extramammary Paget disease

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