See Also: anterior cervical lymph nodes(medicine)
anterior superficial cervical lymph nodes(medicine)
anterior deep cervical lymph nodes(medicine)
lateral deep cervical lymph nodes(medicine)
lateral superficial cervical lymph nodes(medicine)
anterior jugular lymph nodes(medicine)
anterior mediastinal lymph nodes(medicine)
anterior group of axillary lymph nodes(medicine)
Lymph nodes(health)
Lymph nodes(medicine)

Vindicate (medicine) and anterior cervical lymph nodes (medicine)


Vindicate (medicine)


vindicate


1. To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim. "Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? The birds of heaven shall vindicate their grain." (Pope)

2. To maintain or defend with Success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title.

3. To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify. "When the respondent denies any proposition, the opponent must directly vindicate . . . That proposition." (I. Watts) "Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man." (Pope)

4. To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.

5. To liberate; to set free; to deliver. "I am confident he deserves much more That vindicates his country from a tyrant Than he that saves a citizen." (Massinger)

6. To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity. "God is more powerful to exact subjection and to vindicate rebellion." (Bp. Pearson)

Synonym: To assert, maintain, claim. See Assert.

Origin: L. Vindicatus, p. P. Of vindicare to lay claim to, defend, avenge. See Vengeance.

Source: Websters Dictionary


anterior cervical lymph nodes (medicine)


anterior cervical lymph nodes


The group of lymph nodes located in the anterior region of the neck, divided into superficial and deep groups.

Synonym: nodi lymphatici cervicales anteriores.