lymph

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /lɪmf/

Noun

lymph

1. (obsolete, poetical) Pure water.
2. (physiology, immunology) A colourless, watery bodily fluid, carried by the lymphatic system, that consists mainly of white blood cells.
3. Discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 268:

     She lay face-down, an infected puncture point on the inside of her thigh oozing a faint lymph.

Related terms

• nymph

Translations

• French: lymphe
• German: Lymphe
• Italian: linfa
• Portuguese: linfa
• Russian: ли́мфа
• Spanish: linfa

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