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DictionarylymphImmune-system fluid
noun

lymph

LIMF/lɪmf/

Clear body fluid that carries immune cells through lymphatic vessels.

Lymph carries immune cells through the branching vessel.

Educational close-up of a transparent branching lymphatic vessel containing pale clear fluid and several small floating white blood cells.
Etymology
lymphLatinclear water

Latin lympha meant clear water. English first used the word for water and then for colorless plant fluids before applying it to the clear fluid found in animal bodies.

In context

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it's actually helping to pump and propel your lymph fluid, especially from your lower extremities, which is the lower half of your body and up
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More examples

  • The diagram traces the movement of lymph.
  • The sample contained clear lymph.
  • The lecture described immune cells carried in lymph.

Forms

lymph

Similar words

plasma
Plasma is the liquid component of blood; lymph circulates through a separate vessel network.
tissue fluid
Tissue fluid surrounds cells; it becomes lymph when it enters lymphatic vessels.