lymphatic
adjective
[ lɪmˈfatɪk ]
• relating to lymph or its secretion.
• "lymphatic vessels"
• (of a person) pale, flabby, or sluggish.
lymphatic
noun
• a vessel, similar to a vein, that conveys lymph in the body.
• "the fluid is drained by the lymphatics and returned to the circulation"
Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘frenzied, mad’): from Latin lymphaticus ‘mad’, from Greek numpholēptos ‘seized by nymphs’; now associated with lymph, on the pattern of words such as spermatic .
