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lymphe

/lɪmf/

lymphe is the rare and archaic form of lymph.

Meaning of lymph

Noun

lymph (usually uncountable, plural lymphs)

  1. (literary, obsolete, usually) Pure water.
    1. (archaic, literary, obsolete, usually) The sap of plants.
  2. (usually) 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
  3. (usually) 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

Forms of lymphe

plurallymphes

Words that rhyme with lymphe

Questions about lymphe

What is lymphe the rare and archaic form of?
Lymphe is the rare and archaic form of lymph.
How do you pronounce lymphe?
Lymphe is pronounced /lɪmf/.

Words near lymphe in the dictionary

  1. lymphaticovenular
  2. lymphatics
  3. lymphatism
  4. lymphatogenous
  5. lymphatrophic
  6. lymphe
  7. lymphedema
  8. lymphedemas
  9. lymphedematous
  10. lymphedoema
  11. lymphedoemas

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