\Lymph\, n. [L. lympha: cf. F. lymphe.]
1. A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent
   liquid like water.
         A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene Nothing of
         earthly mixture might distain.        --Trench.
2. (Anat.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the
   lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from
   red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various
   tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged
   by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great
   veins near the heart.
3. (Med.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels
   in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either
   absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding
   the inflamed surfaces together.
{Lymph corpuscles} (Anat.), finely granular nucleated cells,
   identical with the colorless blood corpuscles, present in
   the lymph and chyle.
{Lymph duct} (Anat.), a lymphatic.
{Lymph heart}. See Note under {Heart}, n., 1.

\Lymph\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
A fluid containing certain products resulting from the growth
of specific micro["o]rganisms upon some culture medium, and
supposed to be possessed of curative properties.