lymph

Meaning

Noun

• Pure water.
• A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.

Origin

• Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha ("clear water"), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη ("bride; spring water"). nymph.