Lymph

[lɪmf]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

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解釋/意思:

n. water: a colourless or faintly-yellowish fluid in animal bodies of a rather saltish taste and with an alkaline reaction.—n. Lymphangī′tis (see Weed 3).—adj. Lymphat′ic pertaining to lymph.—n. a vessel which conveys the lymph.—adjs. Lymph′y Lymph′oid.

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