lymphatic
- 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.
- a lymphatic vessel.
Origin of lymphatic
Related Words for lymphatic
apathetic, blah, comatose, dopey, easy, enervated, faint, feeble, flagging, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, infirm, lackadaisical, laid-back, languishing, languorous, lazyExamples from the Web for lymphatic
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.
Thus no one is exclusively sanguine, bilious, lymphatic, or melancholic.
The Influence of the StarsRosa Baughan
lymphatic
- of, relating to, or containing lymphthe lymphatic vessels
- of or relating to the lymphatic system
- sluggish or lacking vigour
- a lymphatic vessel
Word Origin for lymphatic
Word Origin and History for lymphatic
1640s, from Latin lymphaticus, from lympha (see lymph). Also sometimes used in the classical Latin sense "mad, frenzied," which was the primary sense of lymphaticus in Latin: OED reports this "difficult to account for," but perhaps due to association of lympha with nymphe; cf. Greek nymphian "to be frenzy-stricken."
lymphatic
(lĭm-făt′ĭk)- Of or relating to lymph, a lymph node, or a lymphatic vessel.
- A lymphatic vessel.