Lymph meaning

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The definition of lymph is a clear or yellow liquid that contains white blood cells and is found between cells in the body.

An example of lymph is a fluid that moves bacteria away from an inflammed body part.

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A clear, watery, sometimes faintly yellowish fluid derived from body tissues that contains white blood cells and circulates throughout the lymphatic system, returning to the venous bloodstream through the thoracic duct. Lymph acts to remove bacteria and certain proteins from the tissues, transport fat from the small intestine, and supply mature lymphocytes to the blood.
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A spring or stream of pure, clear water.
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A spring of clear water.
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A clear, yellowish fluid resembling blood plasma, found in intercellular spaces and in the lymphatic vessels of vertebrates.
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Any of various colorless liquids similar to this; esp., the clear liquid given off from inflamed bodily tissues.
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A clear, watery, sometimes faintly yellowish fluid derived from body tissues that contains white blood cells and circulates throughout the lymphatic system, returning to the venous bloodstream through the thoracic duct. Lymph acts to remove bacteria and certain proteins from the tissues, transport fat from the small intestine, and supply mature lymphocytes to the blood.
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The clear fluid flowing through the lymphatic system that serves to bathe and nourish the tissues of the body. It is composed of blood plasma that has leaked out through the capillaries into the tissues.
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(physiology, immunology) A colourless, watery, bodily fluid carried by the lymphatic system, that consists mainly of white blood cells.
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Origin of lymph

From Latin lympha (“water, water nymph"), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (numphÄ“, “nymph") (English nymph), of unknown origin.

Sentence Examples

  • The increased flow of lymph is due to the increased pressure in the abdominal capillaries.

  • It is invariably the result of some cause acting generally, such as renal disease, valvular defect of the heart, or an impoverished state of the blood; while a mere oedema is usually dependent upon some local obstruction to the return of blood or lymph, or of both, the presence of parasites within the tissue, such as the filaria sanguinis hominis or trichina spiralis, or the poisonous bites of insects.

  • While in the alimentary canal they are subjected to the action of the digestive fluids and the varied contents of the stomach and intestines, and after absorption they come under the influence of the constituents of the blood and lymph, and of the chemical action of the tissue cells.

  • In all probability no excess of soluble lime salts in the blood or lymph can ever be deposited in healthy living tissues.

  • The lymph vessels of the tail and hinder parts of the body enter the hypogastric veins; and at the point of junction, on either side, lies a small lymph heart, which often persists until maturity.

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