lymph

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* — The chief source of the lymph is the plasma of the blood.

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  1. noun 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.
  2. noun Archaic A spring or stream of pure, clear water.

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  • Normally, these malignancies reside in the [[lymph]] tissue, but can circulate in free [[blood]]. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • AMP and LOH + AMP did not appear to be statistically related to histotype, histological grade, tumor size or lymph-node status. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The Mycobacterium can also infect almost any part of the body, such as the lymph nodes, the spine or bones. —  Doctors Without Borders
  • Because one of the functions of the thyroid gland is to absorb iodine from the blood, radioiodine is taken up by any thyroid tissue not removed by surgery, including cancerous cells spreading to other body parts, such as lymph nodes. —  Nano Tech Wire
  • Jocelyn still has difficulty with an annoying lump under her arm (probably a swollen lymph-node), and hopes to have a doctor examine it soon. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
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  1. Latin lympha, water nymph, from Greek numphē, young bride, water nymph.

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  1. = French lymphe = Portuguese lympha = Spanish Italian linfa, from Latin lympha, clear water, a fountain (New Latin lymph), also personified, Lympha, a rural deity; a poetical word (so spelled apparently as associated, erroneously, with nympha, from Greek νύμφη, a nymph, especially a water-nymph, poetical also water, Old Latin lumphia, a water-nymph), Old Latin Lumpha, orig. *lumpa (?) = Oscan dium pa, connected with limpidus, clear, limpid: see limpid.
 

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