lymphatism
Noun
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Noun
lymphatism (uncountable)
- (medicine, historical) Enlargement or swelling of the lymphatic tissue, associated in the past with sudden death of children but no longer considered to be an authentic ailment.
- 1914, Hugh Stannus Stannus, "Congenital Anomalies in a Native African Race," Biometrika, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 6,
- Lymphatism. Post-mortem examination on a boy 10 years of age who died after receiving a blow on the head revealed a thymus gland of considerable bulk, 4 inches long.
- 1914, Hugh Stannus Stannus, "Congenital Anomalies in a Native African Race," Biometrika, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 6,
- Bloating, sluggishness.
- 1948, William S. Lieberman, "Modern French Tapestries," The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 142,
- As Jean Lurcat said, "The art had died, killed by consumption, insipidness, lymphatism, and inversion."
- 1948, William S. Lieberman, "Modern French Tapestries," The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 142,
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