immune system a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
axillary node any of the lymph glands of the armpit; fights infections in the neck and chest and arm regions
peter's gland,
peyer's patch any of several lymph nodes in the walls of the intestines near the junction of the ileum and colon
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The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from S to N and N to S. The respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.
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A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
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One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point.
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The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.
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A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
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node A point at which two lines of a network cross, or which connects two networks.
node Any computer that is hooked up to a computer network.
node The small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge.
node A connecting point at which several lines come together.
node Any thickened enlargement.
node The point of minimum displacement in a periodic system.
node A point where an orbit crosses a plane.
node Any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part.
