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lymph

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Biology, Medicine, Human
lymph /lɪmf/ noun [uncountable]  HBMa clear liquid that is formed in your body and passes into your blood system to fight against infection 淋巴lymphatic /lɪmˈfætɪk/ adjective
Examples from the Corpus
lymphAfter he died physicians collected and froze samples of his blood and lymph nodes for future study.The pancreas was excised, trimmed free of adherent fat and lymph nodes, and weighed.Of those cancers that seem to be limited to the prostate clinically, 25-35% will have lymph node metastases.Certain women with negative lymph nodes, for example, might not need chemotherapy, radiation or hormone treatments following surgery.Some manner of lymph disorder, I believe.Up to 12% of these tumours still confined to the bowel wall have already spread to regional lymph nodes.It was lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph glands, that prompted Tsongas to leave the Senate in 1984.The lymph nodes are very painful and can take up to ten days to burst and then exude a thick yellow pus.
Origin lymph (1600-1700) Latin lympha water goddess, water, from Greek nymphe; → NYMPH
lymph nounChinese
in that clear a formed Corpus body your liquid is


lymph
lymph /lɪmf/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: lympha 'water goddess, water', from Greek nymphe; nymph
a clear liquid that is formed in your body and passes into your blood system to fight against infection
—lymphatic /lɪmˈfætɪk/ adjective


lymphBrE /lɪmf/ 🔊NAmE /lɪmf/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a clear liquid containing white blood cells that helps to clean the tissues of the body and helps to prevent infections from spreading 淋巴 lymph·at·ic BrE /lɪmˈfætɪk/ 🔊NAmE /lɪmˈfætɪk/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] the lymphatic system淋巴系统