absorbent gland
absorbent gland
A primitive term for lymph node, which predated understanding of the lymphoreticular system.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in periodicals archive
In 1832, Hodgkin published a paper entitled 'On some morbid appearances of the
absorbent glands and spleen' in the Journal of the Medical and Chirurgical Society.
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