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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lymph  \Lymph\,  n.  [L.  lympha:  cf  F.  lymphe.] 
  1.  A  spring  of  water;  hence  water,  or  a  pure,  transparent 
  liquid  like  water. 
 
  A  fountain  bubbled  up  whose  lymph  serene  Nothing  of 
  earthly  mixture  might  distain.  --Trench. 
 
  2.  (Anat.)  An  alkaline  colorless  fluid,  contained  in  the 
  lymphatic  vessels,  coagulable  like  blood,  but  free  from 
  red  blood  corpuscles.  It  is  absorbed  from  the  various 
  tissues  and  organs  of  the  body,  and  is  finally  discharged 
  by  the  thoracic  and  right  lymphatic  ducts  into  the  great 
  veins  near  the  heart. 
 
  3.  (Med.)  A  fibrinous  material  exuded  from  the  blood  vessels 
  in  inflammation.  In  the  process  of  healing  it  is  either 
  absorbed,  or  is  converted  into  connective  tissue  binding 
  the  inflamed  surfaces  together. 
 
  {Lymph  corpuscles}  (Anat.),  finely  granular  nucleated  cells, 
  identical  with  the  colorless  blood  corpuscles,  present  in 
  the  lymph  and  chyle. 
 
  {Lymph  duct}  (Anat.),  a  lymphatic. 
 
  {Lymph  heart}.  See  Note  under  {Heart},  n.,  1. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lymph  \Lymph\,  n.  (Physiol.  Chem.) 
  A  fluid  containing  certain  products  resulting  from  the  growth 
  of  specific  micro["o]rganisms  upon  some  culture  medium,  and 
  supposed  to  be  possessed  of  curative  properties. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lymph 
  n  :  a  coagulable  fluid  containing  white  blood  cells 
  (lymphocytes)  that  is  conveyed  to  the  blood  stream  by 
  lymphatic  vessels 




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