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lymph

noun
/lɪmf/

Etymology

Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“clear water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride; spring water”). Doublet of nymph.

  1. derived from νῠ́μφη
  2. borrowed from lympha
  3. borrowed from lymphe

Definitions

  1. Pure water.

  2. A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by…

    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.

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Derived

cytolymph, endolymph, haemolymph, hemolymph, karyolymph, lymphadenia, lymphangiogenesis, lymphangiography, lymph gland, lymphitis, lymphlike, lymphlined, lymph-, lympho-, lymph node, lymphnode, lymphoblast, lymphœdema, lymphography, lymphoid, lymphosome, lymph vessel, lymphy, neurolymph, perilymph

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lymph. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at lymph. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at lymph

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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