lymph
lymph Lexical Profile
lymph Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A colorless or faintly yellowish bodily fluid containing white blood cells, chiefly lymphocytes, that bathes the tissues, drains through the lymphatic system into the bloodstream, and plays a vital role in immune defense.
"The lymphatic vessels collect excess fluid from body tissues and transport it as lymph back into the circulatory system."
Fluid or serum obtained from vesicles or sores, historically derived from calves and used in vaccination against smallpox.
"In the nineteenth century, physicians preserved calf lymph on glass slides to inoculate patients against smallpox."
Clear, pure spring water (in archaic or poetic usage).
"The weary travelers knelt beside the mossy bank to drink the cool lymph of the mountain stream."
• Rhymes for lymph
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from French lymphe, from Latin lympha meaning 'clear water' or 'water nymph', an altered form of Ancient Greek nýmphē ('nymph, bride') influenced by Latin limpidus ('clear').