lymph en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [lɪmpf]
- audio
- /lɪmf/
Etymology
Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“clear water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride; spring water”). Doublet of nymph.
Meanings
- (literary, obsolete, uncountable, usually) Pure water.
- (archaic, literary, obsolete, uncountable, usually) Pure water. ▸ The sap of plants.
- (uncountable, usually) 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.
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(uncountable, usually) The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.
She lay face-down, an infected puncture point on the inside of her thigh oozing a faint lymph.
2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, page 268:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lymphe | alternative, archaic, rare | lexicographic | |
| lymphs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
lymphy · neurolymph · haemolymph · lymph cell · karyolymph · lymphosome · lymphangiography · lympho- · lymphlined · lymphlike · endolymph · lymphadenia · lymph- · lymphitis · lymph vessel · lymphography · hemolymph · lymphoblast · perilymph · cytolymph · lymphoid · lymph node · lymphnode · lymph gland · lymphangiogenesis · lymphœdema
Relateds
Synonyms
lymphatic liquid · lymphatic fluid
Translations (65)
pl chłonka (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · nb lymfe (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · mn тунгалаг (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · es linfa (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · vi bạch huyết (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · km ទឹករងៃ (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · el λύμφη (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · is sogæðavökvi (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · is vessi (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · sip ཆུ་སེར (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · cmn 淋巴 (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · sv lymfa (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · sk miazga (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · mn лимфа (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · el λέμφος (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · fr lymphe (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · ar لِمْف (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · ko 림프 (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · mr लसीका (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · kmr lîmf (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · ota لنفا (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · fa لنف (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · ja リンパ液 (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · tr ak kan (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · pt linfa (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · ru ли́мфа (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · bg ли́мфа (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · sl limfa (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · yue 淋巴 (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · hy ավիշ (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · cs míza (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · pl limfa (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · bo ཆུ་སེར (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · nl lymfe (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · da lymfe (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · fi imuneste (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · ka ლიმფა (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · hu nyirok (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · ab али́мфа (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · ca limfa (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · mk лимфа (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · eo limfo (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · ab ажьӡы́ (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · th น้ำเหลือง (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · tr lenf (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · id getah bening (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · fi lymfa (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · af limf (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · nl lymf (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · ml ലിംഫ് (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · it linfa (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · ga limfe (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · mi waitinana (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · udm тӧдьывир (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · cy gwaedlyn (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · kk лимфа (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · he לימפה (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · mi wētaikiri (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · de Lymphe (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · mn ᠲᠤᠩᠭᠠᠯᠠᠭ (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · hi लसीका (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · nn lymfe (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · la lympha (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · ro limfă (fluid carried by the lymphatic system) · id limfa (fluid carried by the lymphatic system)