lymphatic
[lim-fat-ik]
adjective
pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
(of persons) having the characteristics, as flabbiness or sluggishness, formerly believed to be due to an excess of lymph in the system.
noun
a lymphatic vessel.
RELATED WORDS
apathetic, blah, comatose, dopey, easy, enervated, faint, feeble, flagging, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, infirm, lackadaisical, laid-back, languishing, languorous, lazy
Origin of lymphatic
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Contemporary Examples of lymphatic
It is because of your bodies little-known secondary circulation system called the lymphatic system.
They can live inside the gastrointestinal tract or, the case of roundworms, in the lymphatic system.
Historical Examples of lymphatic
If one sister be sanguine in her temperament, the other must be lymphatic.
The Wedding RingT. De Witt Talmage
But between them there was the difference of the nervous temperament and the lymphatic.
Kenelm Chillingly, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
It may be that Adrian scented a rival to his lymphatic emotions.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, CompleteGeorge Meredith
They, also, are probably formed in the lymphatic glands and spleen.
One person could be at once bilious, melancholic and lymphatic.
The Influence of the StarsRosa Baughan
lymphatic
adjective
noun
Word Origin for lymphatic
C17 (meaning: mad): from Latin lymphāticus. Original meaning perhaps arose from a confusion between nymph and lymph; compare Greek numphaleptos frenzied
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lymphatic
[lĭm-făt′ĭk]
adj.
n.
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