Lymph

English

Noun

Lymph (uncountable)

1. (physiology, immunology) A colourless, watery, bodily fluid carried by the lymphatic system, that consists mainly of white blood cells.

Derived terms

See also

lymphatic lymphocyte lymphoid

lymphoma lymph gland lymph node lymphoreticulosis

Related terms

• nymph

Adjectives for Lymph

pellucid; transparent; lava.

Thesaurus

chyle, colostrum, discharge, gleet, humor, ichor, lachryma, lactation, leukorrhea, matter, milk, mucor, mucus, peccant humor, phlegm, purulence, pus, rheum, saliva, sanies, serous fluid, serum, snot, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, urine

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νύμφη (“nymph”), via Latin lympha (“water, water nymph”).

Translations

the fluid carried by the lymphatic system

Armenian: ավիշ (hy) (aviš) Chinese: Mandarin: 淋巴 (cmn) (línbā) Czech: míza (cs) f. Danish: lymfe (da) c. Dutch: lymfe (nl) f. Finnish: imuneste (fi), lymfa (fi) German: Lymphe (de) f. Greek: λύμφη (el) (lýmfi) f., λέμφος (el) (lémfos) f.

Italian: lympha (it) Japanese: リンパ液 (ja) (りんぱえき (ja) (rinpa-eki)) Macedonian: лимфа (mk) (límfa) f. Norwegian: lymfe (no) m. and f. Polish: limfa (pl) Russian: лимфа (ru) (límfa) f. Slovak: miazga (sk) f. Spanish: linfa (es) f.