lymph
English
/lɪmf/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) Pure water.
- (physiology) A colourless, watery bodily fluid, carried by the lymphatic system, that consists mainly of white blood cells.
- Discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.
Etymology
Derived from French lymphe derived from Latin lympha (water, water nymph, lymph, pure water) derived from Ancient Greek νύμφη (bride, nymph, young wife).
Origin
Ancient Greek
νύμφη
Gloss
bride, nymph, young wife
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alymphoid English
- angiography English
- angiolymphatic English
- angiolymphoid English
- cardiolymphatic English
- cytolymph English
- endolymph English
- endolymphatic English
- extralymphatic English
- extralymphoid English
- haemolymph English
- hematolymphoid English
- hemolymph English
- hemolymphoid English
- intralymphatic English
- karyolymph English
- lined English
- lymphadenia English
- lymphangeitis English
- lymphangiogenesis English
- lymphangiography English
- lymphatic English
- lymphatically English
- lymphitis English
- lymphlike English
- lymphlined English
- lymphoblast English
- lymphoblastic English
- lymphoblastoid English
- lymphographic English
- lymphography English
- lymphoid English
- lymphoma English
- lymphosome English
- lymphy English
- lymphœdema English
- microlymphangiography English
- microlymphatic English
- microlymphography English
- neolymphoid English
- neurolymph English
- neurolymphatic English
- nonlymphatic English
- nonlymphoid English
- perilymph English
- prolymphoblast English
- translymphatic English
- venolymphatic English
- œdema English
- lympha Latin
- nympha Latin
- nymphe Latin
- Lymphe German
- linfa Italian
- endolymphe French
- hémolymphe French
- lymphe French
- lymphographie French
- lymphome French
- lymphoïde French
- périlymphe French
- ли́мфа Russian
- linfa Spanish, Castilian
- νυμφόληπτος Ancient Greek
- νύμφη Ancient Greek
- lymfe Norwegian Bokmål
- nymfe Norwegian Bokmål
- linfa Portuguese
- lymfe Norwegian Nynorsk
- nymfe Norwegian Nynorsk
- limfe Irish
- lymfe Danish
- limfo Esperanto
- limfa Catalan, Valencian
- νύμφη Greek (modern)
- 淋巴 Chinese
- lined
- œdema
- lymphy
- lymphoid
- lymphoma
- cytolymph
- lymphatic
- lymphitis
- lymphlike
- alymphoid
- perilymph
- hemolymph
- endolymph
- neurolymph
- lymphosome
- karyolymph
- haemolymph
- lymphœdema
- lymphlined
- nonlymphoid
- angiography
- lymphadenia
- lymphoblast
- neolymphoid
- nonlymphatic
- hemolymphoid
- lymphography
- endolymphatic
- angiolymphoid
- lymphoblastic
- extralymphoid
- lymphangeitis
- lymphographic
- venolymphatic
- lymphatically
- extralymphatic
- hematolymphoid
- translymphatic
- prolymphoblast
- microlymphatic
- angiolymphatic
- intralymphatic
- lymphoblastoid
- neurolymphatic
- cardiolymphatic
- lymphangiography
- lymphangiogenesis
- microlymphography
- microlymphangiography