Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
- noun Archaic A spring or stream of pure, clear water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pure, clear water, or any fluid similarly transparent.
- noun In physiology, a fluid in animal bodies, contained in certain vessels called
lymphatics . - noun Any antitoxic serum, as vaccine virus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.
- noun (Anat.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart.
- noun (Med.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) A fluid containing certain products resulting from the growth of specific microorganisms upon some culture medium, and supposed to be possessed of curative properties.
- noun (Anat.) finely granular nucleated cells, identical with the colorless blood corpuscles, present in the lymph and chyle.
- noun (Anat.) a lymphatic.
- noun See Note under
Heart , n., 1.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physiology, immunology A colourless, watery, bodily fluid carried by the
lymphatic system , that consists mainly ofwhite blood cells .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels
Etymologies
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Examples
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As I have said, this lymph is a wonderful discovery.
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They accumulate in lymph nodes, spleen and lymph tissues of the small intestines or the thymus gland (located in the middle of the upper chest).
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Swelling occurs in lymph nodes under the arms, in the groin, chest and in the neck.
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* — Between the cells and the capillaries is a liquid, known as the lymph, which is similar in composition and physical properties to the blood.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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"We're trying to break down this black box that we know as the lymph node, and identify the different cells that are there, how they interact with each other and what the general rules are," Carroll says.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Sometimes a few lymph nodes are taken to check for more cancer, a procedure known as lymph node sampling, and other times all the lymph nodes under the armpit are removed.
The 10 Best Questions Dede Bonner 2008
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If the garden enters in the blood we are voice of the birds that call the lymph into flower from the tops of willow trees.
Arnold de Vos greenintegerblog 2008
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Sometimes a few lymph nodes are taken to check for more cancer, a procedure known as lymph node sampling, and other times all the lymph nodes under the armpit are removed.
The 10 Best Questions Dede Bonner 2008
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At intervals along these tubes are small structures termed the lymph nodes, which essentially are filters, and strain out from the fluid substances which might work great injury if they passed into the blood.
Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman
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The lymph, which is not shown, fills all the space outside the blood-vessels, thus bathing both muscles and blood-vessels.
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