Lymph

//lɪmf// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Pure water. literary, obsolete, uncountable, usually
  2. 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. 3
    Pure water.; The sap of plants. archaic, literary, obsolete, uncountable, usually
  4. 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. 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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