See Also: status lymphaticus(medicine)
plexus lymphaticus(medicine)
nevus lymphaticus(medicine)
nodulus lymphaticus(medicine)
nodus lymphaticus(medicine)
folliculus lymphaticus(medicine)
lupus lymphaticus(medicine)
ductus lymphaticus dexter(medicine)
annulus lymphaticus cardiae(medicine)
nodus lymphaticus arcus venae azygos(medicine)

ormolu (oh) and status lymphaticus (medicine)


ormolu (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: or moulu 'gold crushed into powder']
a gold-coloured mixture of metals that does not contain real gold
::an ormolu clock

status lymphaticus (medicine)


status lymphaticus -->
status thymicolymphaticus
Old term for a syndrome of supposed enlargement of the thymus and lymph nodes in infants and young children, formerly believed to be associated with unexplained sudden death; it was also erroneously believed that pressure of the thymus on the trachea might cause death during anaesthesia. Prominence of these structures is now considered normal in young children, including those who have died suddenly without preceding illnesses that might lead to atrophy of lymphoid tissue.

See: sudden infant death syndrome.

Synonym: status lymphaticus, status thymicus.