[lymph] n [L lympha, water goddess, water, perh. modif. of Gk nymphe nymph--more at nuptial] (ca. 1673) 1 archaic: the sap of plants
2. [NL lympha, fr. L, water]: a pale coagulable fluid that bathes the tissues, passes into lymphatic channels and ducts, is discharged into the blood by way of the thoracic duct, and consists of a liquid portion resembling blood plasma and containing white blood cells but normally no red blood cells