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淋巴
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLymph is used before these nouns:
    • gland
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally referring to pure water): from French lymphe or Latin lympha, limpa ‘water’.