lymph

1. (uncountable, usually)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.

   Lymphe

   ли́мфаlímfa

   a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels

2. (uncountable, usually)The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.

3. (literary, obsolete, uncountable, usually)Pure water.

4. Pure water.

   (archaic, literary, obsolete, uncountable, usually)The sap of plants.

1. You have a cold and your lymph nodes are swollen.

   ruУ тебя простуда, и твои лимфатические узлы увеличены.

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2. Swollen lymph nodes are usually found near the site of an infection, tumour, or inflammation.

   ruУвеличенные лимфатические узлы обычно обнаруживаются около очага инфекции, опухоли или воспаления.

   deGeschwollene Lymphknoten finden sich üblicherweise in der Nähe einer Infektionsstelle, einer Geschwulst oder einer Entzündung.

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uncountable

• lymphealternative archaic rare