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Lymph

/lɪmf/

(poetical) Pure water.

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noun

1
(poetical) Pure water.
2
A colourless, watery bodily fluid, carried by the lymphatic system, that consists mainly of white blood cells.
3
Discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lymph"

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Word	Definition
coagulable	That can be coagulated.
lifebloodnoun	(figuratively) That which is required for continued existence or function.
bloodnoun	A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
cancernoun	(medicine, oncology, pathology) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
glandnoun	(zoology) A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
lymphaticnoun	(anatomy) A vessel that transports lymph.
ganglionnoun	(neuroanatomy) An encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber.
ganglia	a scalable, distributed monitoring tool for high-performance computing systems, clusters and networks.
hemolymphnoun	(zootomy) A circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates that is the equivalent of blood.
lymphatic fluid	—
interstitial fluidnoun	(physiology) A solution found in tissue spaces that inundates and moistens cells in multicellular animals.
tissue fluid	—
extracellular fluid	In cell biology, extracellular fluid denotes all body fluid outside the cells of any multicellular organism.
chylenoun	A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.
serous fluid	In physiology, serous fluid or serosal fluid (originating from the Medieval Latin word serosus, from Latin serum) is any of various body fluids resembling serum, that are typically pale yellow or transparent and of a benign nature.
blood plasmanoun	(hematology) The clear fluid portion of blood in which the blood cells are suspended.
body fluidnoun	(anatomy) Synonym of bodily fluid.
lymphorrhœanoun	Obsolete form of lymphorrhea. [The external flow of lymph, typically from a wound]
waternoun	A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).
lavaturenoun	(obsolete) A wash (act of washing, or lotion for washing).