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Examples of lymph gland in a Sentence
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Symptoms of West Nile include fever, headache, body aches, a skin rash and swollen lymph glands and may last a few days or as long as several weeks.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023
West Nile virus can cause West Nile fever, which officials say includes the following symptoms:
Fever
Headache
Body aches
Swollen lymph glands or a rash.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Aug. 2023
The inflamed lymph gland was widely known as a bubo, giving rise to the term bubonic plague.
—National Geographic, 23 Apr. 2020
Symptoms of plague include fever, extreme exhaustion, headache, chills, vomiting, and swollen lymph glands, among other signs.
—Fox News, 16 Aug. 2019
But in the most common form of the disease — ulceroglandular tularemia — signs in humans typically include fever, chills, exhaustion, a skin ulcer at the infection site and swollen and painful lymph glands.
—Fox News, 8 June 2019
This organ, basically a very large lymph gland, is on the upper left side of the abdomen and is mostly hidden by rib and bowels.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 14 Dec. 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1858, in the meaning defined above
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“Lymph gland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lymph%20gland. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Medical Definition
lymph gland
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