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Lymph

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a clear fluid containing white blood cells, circulated through the lymphatic system
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Stage 1 of 2
lympha
Latin · ancient
"clear water"
clear water, later applied to the clear bodily fluid of the immune system
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Stage 2 of 2
lymph
English · 1600s
"a clear fluid of the immune system"
settled as the medical word for the clear immune-system fluid
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