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Definition of lymph noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lymph

noun
 
/lɪmf/
 
/lɪmf/
[uncountable]
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  1. a clear liquid containing white blood cells that helps to clean the tissues of the body and helps to prevent infections from spreading
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLymph is used before these nouns:
    • gland
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    Topics Biologyc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally referring to pure water): from French lymphe or Latin lympha, limpa ‘water’.
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