lymph
/lɪmf/
lymph noun: pure water.
Noun
lymph (usually uncountable, plural lymphs)
- Pure water.
- The sap of plants.
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- lymphatic fluid, lymphatic liquid
- The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.
- She lay face-down, an infected puncture point on the inside of her thigh oozing a faint lymph.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, page 268
lymph meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lymph in Hindi
- fluid carried by the lymphatic system
- लसीका lasīkā
lymph in Tamil
- ஊனீர், நிணநீர், நிண நீர், வடிநீர்
lymph in Marathi
- fluid carried by the lymphatic system
- लसीका lasīkā
lymph in Urdu
- لمف
More languagesFewer languages
- lymph in Bengali
- লসিকা, এক প্রকার বর্ণহীন দেহরস
- lymph in Telugu
- లింఫ్, శోషరసము, శోషరస
- lymph in Malayalam
- ലിംഫ് limphŭ
- lymph in Kannada
- ದುಗ್ಧರಸ, ಬಿಳಿದ್ರವ, ಹುಣ್ಣಿನಿಂದ ಜಿನುಗುವ ಬಿಳಿಯ ದ್ರವ
- lymph in Punjabi
- ਲਸਿਕਾ, ਲਿੰਫ, ਲਿਮਫ਼
- lymph in Gujarati
- લસિકા, લિમ્ફ, લસીકા
- lymph in Odia
- ଲିମ୍ଫ, ଲିମ୍ଫ୍, ଲସିକା
- lymph in Nepali
- लिम्फ, लसिका
- lymph in Arabic
- لِمْف limf
- lymph in Indonesian
- limfa, getah bening
- lymph in Persian
- لنف
- lymph in Thai
- น้ำเหลือง nám-lʉ̌ʉang
- lymph in Vietnamese
- bạch huyết
Examples of lymph in a sentence
- Blood and lymph vessels are found in humans; xylem and phloem vessels are found in plants.
- Lymphadenoid tissue includes the lymph glands, spleen, bone marrow, and tonsils, and the lymphatic tissue of the organs and mucous membranes.
- In CRC, we could trace the only path from metastaticity to lymph node metastasis.
Synonyms of lymph
- lymphatic fluid
- lymphatic liquid
Forms of lymph
| plural | lymphs |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic, rare) | lymphe |
Origin of lymph
Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“clear water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride; spring water”). Doublet of nymph.
Words formed from lymph
Phrases with lymph
Words that rhyme with lymph
Questions about lymph
- What does lymph mean?
- Lymph means pure water.
- What is lymph in Hindi?
- Lymph in Hindi is लसीका (lasīkā). See Lymph meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lymph?
- Lymph is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lymph?
- Lymph is pronounced /lɪmf/.
- What is the plural of lymph?
- The plural of lymph is lymphs.
Words near lymph in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lymph (page history and authors); lymph (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lymph (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Lymph (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lymph (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lymph (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lymph (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lymph (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lymph (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lymph (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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