Node: Small rounded swelling or knot of tissue.
Node: [TA]Avoid using the simple word node in the sense of atrioventricular node or lymph node unless the meaning is clear from the context. (1) A knob or nodosity; a circumscribed swelling; in anatomy, a circumscribed mass of tissue. (2) A circumscribed mass of differentiated tissue. (3) A knuckle, or finger joint. SYN: nodus [TA]. [L. nodus, a knot]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Node: the source of lymph and lymphocytes.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source - WordNet 2.1
The following list attempts to classify Node into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
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