Definition that contains phatic
- cancer any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
- insist be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
- declare state emphatically and authoritatively
- declaration a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
- ejaculation an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
- assertion a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
- lymph a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels
- angioma a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels
- tonsil either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
- adenoid a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)