English Explanatory Dictionary

lymph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Pure water.
  2. The sap of plants.
  3. 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.
  4. The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.

Pronunciation

/lɪmf/ [lɪmpf] en-us-lymph.ogg

Word forms

lymph lymphs lymphe

Etymology

Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“clear water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride; spring water”). Doublet of nymph.

Related words

lymphatic nymph

Derived words

cytolymph endolymph haemolymph hemolymph karyolymph lymphadenia lymphangiogenesis lymphangiography lymph gland lymphitis lymphlike lymphlined lymph- lympho- lymph node lymphnode lymphoblast lymphœdema lymphography lymphoid lymphosome lymph vessel lymphy neurolymph perilymph

Translations

Abkhaz: ажьӡы́ Abkhaz: али́мфа Afrikaans: limf Arabic: لِمْف Armenian: ավիշ Bulgarian: лимфа Catalan: limfa Chinese Cantonese: 淋巴 Chinese Mandarin: 淋巴 Czech: míza Danish: lymfe Dutch: lymfe Dutch: lymf Esperanto: limfo Finnish: imuneste Finnish: lymfa French: lymphe Georgian: ლიმფა German: Lymphe Greek: λύμφη Greek: λέμφος Hebrew: לימפה Hindi: लसीका Hungarian: nyirok Icelandic: vessi Icelandic: sogæðavökvi Indonesian: limfa Indonesian: getah bening Irish: limfe Italian: linfa Japanese: リンパ液 Kazakh: лимфа Khmer: ទឹករងៃ Korean: 림프 Northern Kurdish: lîmf Latin: lympha Macedonian: лимфа Malayalam: ലിംഫ് Māori: waitinana Māori: wētaikiri Mongolian: лимфа Mongolian: тунгалаг Mongolian: ᠲᠤᠩᠭᠠᠯᠠᠭ Norwegian Bokmål: lymfe Norwegian Nynorsk: lymfe Persian: لنف Polish: chłonka Polish: limfa Portuguese: linfa Romanian: limfă
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