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lymphatic
adjective as in languid
Weak matches
- apathetic
- blah
- blahs
- comatose
- dopey
- easy
- energyless
- enervated
- faint
- feeble
- flagging
- heavy
- impassive
- inactive
- indifferent
- inert
- infirm
- lackadaisical
- laid-back
- languishing
- languorous
- lazy
- leaden
- leisurely
- lethargic
- limp
- listless
- moony
- nebbish
- phlegmatic
- pining
- sickly
- sleepyhead
- slow
- sluggish
- snoozy
- spiritless
- supine
- torpid
- unconcerned
- unenthusiastic
- unhurried
- uninterested
- weak
- weary
- wimpy
Example Sentences
Some research has linked occupational exposure to 2,4-D—in farmers and professionals who apply herbicides—to a higher risk of lymphatic cancers, particularly Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Placement along the meridians is believed to cause reactions like sending more blood or lymphatic fluid to specific organs or allowing muscles to release in a way that reduces tension on joints and bones.
One systematic review from 2009 called lymphatic drainage in sports medicine contexts—one of its most popular applications— “a clinical art founded on hypotheses, theory, and preliminary evidence.”
It’s billed as using “lymphatic drainage” to tone your face and make your skin more youthful, but evidence of its efficacy is pretty minimal.
We know that your lymphatics control your immune system and the rhythmic contraction of the muscles when you walk actually make your lymph system work.
It is because of your bodies little-known secondary circulation system called the lymphatic system.
They can live inside the gastrointestinal tract or, the case of roundworms, in the lymphatic system.
(c) They are decreased in chronic lymphatic leukemia, and greatly increased in the myelogenous form.
A marked increase, accompanied by an increase in the total leukocyte count, is seen in pertussis and lymphatic leukemia.
Two types of the disease are commonly distinguished: the myelogenous and the lymphatic.
This cell never appears in normal blood; extremely rarely in leukocytosis; and never abundantly in lymphatic leukemia.
Pseudoleukemia, because of its clinical similarity to lymphatic leukemia, is generally described along with leukemia.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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