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archaic
: the sap of plants
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[New Latin lympha, from Latin, water]
: a usually clear coagulable fluid that passes from intercellular spaces of body tissue into the lymphatic vessels, is discharged into the blood by way of the thoracic duct, and resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2024
The long strokes and deep pressure reduces aches and pains, improves blood circulation, and [assists with] lymph drainage and muscle toning.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
And my body never ceased to change: baldness and complete loss of body hair, scarring, and, in the weeks after the operation, in the hollow of my armpit, a sort of big orange filled with lymph that forced me to hold my arm away from my chest.
—Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
In addition to blood, another fluid flows through the body: lymph.
—Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 30 July 2024
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Noun
Fo those who develop EEE, the virus travels from the mosquito bite into the lymph system and spreads from there to cause a systemic infection.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2024
The long strokes and deep pressure reduces aches and pains, improves blood circulation, and [assists with] lymph drainage and muscle toning.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
And my body never ceased to change: baldness and complete loss of body hair, scarring, and, in the weeks after the operation, in the hollow of my armpit, a sort of big orange filled with lymph that forced me to hold my arm away from my chest.
—Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
In addition to blood, another fluid flows through the body: lymph.
—Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 30 July 2024
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lymph
noun
: a usually clear fluid that circulates in lymphatic vessels, bathes the cells of the body, and consists of white blood cells and a liquid portion resembling blood plasma
Medical Definition
lymph
noun
: a usually clear coagulable fluid that passes from intercellular spaces of body tissue into the lymphatic vessels, is discharged into the blood by way of the thoracic duct and right lymphatic duct, and resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets see chyle compare cerebrospinal fluid
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