■ adjective
1》 Physiology relating to lymph or its secretion.
2》 archaic (of a person) pale, flabby, or sluggish.
■ noun Anatomy a vein-like vessel conveying lymph in the body.
Origin
C17 (in the sense 'frenzied, mad'): from L. ~us 'mad', from Gk numpholēptos 'seized by nymphs'; now assoc. with lymph .