lymph
Pronunciation: /lɪmf/
The English word “lymph” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- Pure water.
- The sap of plants.
- 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.
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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