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lymph
/lɪmf/
noun 4
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4ADJ.
cold, faint, swollen, swollen
VERB + LYMPH
oozing
LYMPH + NOUN
nodes
ADV.
usually
Definitions
noun
1
Pure water.
2
Pure water.
3
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 bl
4
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 bl
She lay face-down, an infected puncture point on the inside of her thigh oozing a faint lymph.
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She lay face-down, an infected puncture point on the inside of her thigh oozing a faint lymph.
Wiktionary02
Swollen lymph nodes are usually found near the site of an infection, tumour, or inflammation.
Tatoeba · #425134103
You have a cold and your lymph nodes are swollen.
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