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Definition of Lymphoid tissue

1. Noun. Tissue making up the lymphatic system.

Medical Definition of Lymphoid tissue

1. Tissue that is particularly rich in lymphocytes (and accessory cells such as macrophages and reticular cells), particularly the lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, Peyer's patches, pharyngeal tonsils, adenoids and (in birds) the Bursa of Fabricius. Central lymphoid tissue: A term occasionally used as synonym for primary lymphoid tissue but should be avoided to prevent confusion between anatomical location, which is irrelevant and centrality in the system. Peripheral lymphoid tissue: Secondary lymphoid tissue, not necessarily located peripherally. Primary lymphoid tissue: Lymphoid tissues in which immune cells develop as opposed to the secondary or peripheral lymphoid tissues in which antigen independent or antigen dependent stages of maturation take place and in which responsive lymphocytes are found. Primary lymphoid tissues are foetal liver, adult bone marrow and thymus (and Bursa of Fabricius in birds). Secondary tissues are lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils and mucosa associated lymphoid tissue. (20 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lymphoid Tissue

Literary usage of Lymphoid tissue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"Spleen weight, 1670 grams; exterior rough, hard; cut surface mottled ("sago spleen"), firm and fibrous; lymphoid tissue increased and showing amyloid ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"A STUDY OF HYPERPLASIA OF THE PHARYNGEAL lymphoid tissue ... to a much less extent, have similar observations been made on the pharyngeal lymphoid tissue. ..."

3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1919)
"The study of the function of the lymphoid tissue has, in the past, been productive of few leads of importance, due undoubtedly to the lack of methods for ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The altered coat of the arterioles, consisting of lymphoid tissue, presents here and there thickenings of a spheroidal shape, the Malpighian bodies of the ..."

5. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1902)
"Such a structure is difficult to distinguish from lymphoid tissue under the microscope, and the fact that recurrences frequently occur with great rapidity ..."

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