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==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|lymphnode|lymphonode}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|anatomy|immunology}} Each of the small [[oval]] bodies of the [[lymphatic system]], [[distribute]]d along the [[lymphatic vessel]]s, that are [[cluster]]ed in the [[armpit]]s, [[groin]], [[neck]], [[chest]] and [[abdomen]]. They act as [[filter]]s, with an internal [[honeycomb]] of [[connective tissue]] filled with [[lymphocyte]]s and [[macrophage]]s that collect and [[destroy]] [[bacterium|bacteria]], [[virus]]es and [[foreign]] matter from [[lymph]]. When the body is fighting an [[infection]], these lymphocytes [[multiply]] rapidly and produce a [[characteristic]] [[swelling]] of the lymph nodes.
#: {{syn|en|lymphatic node|lymph gland|lymphoglandula|lymphonodus}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|lymph node syndrome|mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|lymphonodular}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|filtrating oval bodies of the lymphatic system}}
* Albanian: {{t-needed|sq}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|عُقْدَة لِمْفَاوِيَّة|f|tr=ʕuqda limfāwiyya}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ավշային հանգույց|sc=Armn}}, {{t+|hy|ավշահանգույց|sc=Armn}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|биҙ}}
* Basque: {{t-needed|eu}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|lusay}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|淋巴結|tr=línbājié}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|lymfatická uzlina|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|es|limfganglio}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|eitil|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|imusolmuke}}, {{t|fi|lymphonodi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|ganglion lymphatique|m}}, {{t+|fr|nœud lymphatique|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|ganglio linfático|m}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|Lymphknoten|m-p}}, {{t+|de|Lymphsystem|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|קשר לימפה|m|tr=késher límfa}}, {{t|he|בלוטת לימפה|f|tr=balutát límfa}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|लसीका पर्व|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|nyirokcsomó}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|eitill|m}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|nód limfe|m}}, {{t|ga|faireog limfe|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|linfonodo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|リンパ節|tr=リンパせつ, rinpasetsu|sc=Jpan}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|កូនកណ្តុរ}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|림프절}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|lîmfegirê|f}}
* Latvian: {{t-needed|lv}}
* Lithuanian: {{t-needed|lt}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|лимфна жлезда|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tīpona waitinana}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|akááz}}
* Ojibwe: {{q|my lymph node}} {{t|oj|niniishk}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|węzeł chłonny|m}}, {{t|pl|węzeł limfatyczny|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|linfonodo|m}}, {{t|pt|gânglio linfático|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|лимфати́ческий у́зел|m}}, {{t+|ru|лимфоу́зел}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|ganglio linfático|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|lymfknuta|c}}, {{t+|sv|lymfkörtel|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kulani}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ต่อมน้ำเหลือง}}
* Tibetan: {{t-needed|bo}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|lenf düğümü}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|hạch bạch huyết}}, {{t|vi|hạch lympho}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|chwarren lymff|f}}, {{t|cy|chwarren lymffatig|f}}
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===References===
* {{R:Lexico}}
* {{R:MWO}}
* {{R:CancerWEB}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dehlmnopy|endolymph}}