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Lymph
//lɪmf// noun
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Noun
- 1 Pure water. literary, obsolete, uncountable, usually
- 2 a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels wordnet
- 3 Pure water.; The sap of plants. archaic, literary, obsolete, uncountable, usually
- 4 A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets. uncountable, usually
- 5 A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.; The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc. uncountable, usually
"She lay face-down, an infected puncture point on the inside of her thigh oozing a faint lymph."
Etymology
Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“clear water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride; spring water”). Doublet of nymph.
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