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Of a body fluid
Answer for the clue "Of a body fluid ", 8 letters:
lymphoid
Word definitions for lymphoid in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context anatomy English) Like or relating to the lymphatic system of the body.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lymphoid \Lymph"oid\, a. [Lymph + -oid.] (Anat.) Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid; as, lymphoid tissue.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. resembling lymph or lymphatic tissues
Usage examples of lymphoid.
Had the recovered lymphoid tissue been in a normal state, the presence of Viscumin in molecular quantity would currently be determinable through the process of microscopy known as immuno-cytochemistry, using the enzyme, horseradish peroxidaise.
A second possibility arises from the fact that the thymus is composed of lymphoid tissue, very like that of the spleen, the tonsils, and the lymph nodes.
It has seemed possible, therefore, that the thymus shared the functions of such lymphoid tissue and, one way or another, combatted bacterial infection.
The appendix is a hollow tube of lymphoid tissue between two and twenty centimeters long, and about as thick as a pencil.
It has seemed possible, therefore, that the thymus shared the functions of such lymphoid tissue and, one way or another, combatted bacterial infection.
Well, in a nutshell, I believe that Transition is the result of an interaction between the slowdown in brain growth and the spurt-and-decrease in the amount of lymphoid tissue, both of which occur approximately at puberty.