hemolymph

hemolymph
A circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates that is the equivalent of blood.

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  • Hemolymph — or haemolymph is the blood analogue used by all arthropods and most mollusks that have an open circulatory system.In these animals there is no distinction between blood and interstitial fluid. The liquid fills all of the interior (the hemocoel)… …   Wikipedia

  • hemolymph — hemolymph. См. гемолимфа. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • hemolymph — [hē′mə limf΄] n. [ HEMO + LYMPH] the circulating fluid in open tissue spaces of invertebrates: it may act as blood, as in arthropods, or be in addition to blood, as in earthworms …   English World dictionary

  • hemolymph node — n any of several small chiefly retroperitoneal nodes of tissue resembling lymph nodes but having the lymph spaces replaced in whole or in part by blood sinuses called also hemal node …   Medical dictionary

  • hemolymph glands — 1. hemal nodes. 2. hemolymph nodes (def. 2) …   Medical dictionary

  • hemolymph nodes — 1. hemal n s. 2. special types of hemal nodes found in the pig, having characteristics midway between those of ordinary lymph nodes and typical hemal nodes, containing both blood and lymphatic vessels, the contents of both of which mix in the… …   Medical dictionary

  • hemolymph gland — noun or hemolymph node : any of several small chiefly retroperitoneal nodes of tissue resembling lymph nodes but having the lymph spaces replaced in whole or in part by blood sinuses …   Useful english dictionary

  • hemolymph node — noun see hemolymph gland …   Useful english dictionary

  • hemolymph — noun Date: 1885 the circulatory fluid of various invertebrate animals that is functionally comparable to the blood and lymph of vertebrates …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hemolymph — n. [Gr. haima, blood; L. lympha, water] 1. (ARTHROPODA) Fluid within the hemocoel. 2. (NEMATA) The pseudocoelomic fluid …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • hemolymph — hemolymphatic /hee moh lim fat ik, hem oh /, adj. /hee meuh limf , hem euh /, n. Anat. a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph. [1880 85;… …   Universalium

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