lymph

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Pure water. literary,obsolete,uncountable,usually
  2. Pure water.; The sap of plants. archaic,literary,obsolete,uncountable,usually
  3. A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets. uncountable,usually
  4. A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.; The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc. uncountable,usually
    — She lay face-down, an infected puncture point on the inside of her thigh oozing a faint lymph.

词形变化

lymphs plural lymphe alternative,archaic,rare

词源

Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“clear water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride; spring water”). Doublet of nymph.
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