Dictionary 1. (n.) A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.2. (n.) 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. (n.) 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. Thesaurus chyle colostrum discharge gleet humor ichor lachryma lactation leukorrhea matter milk mucor mucus peccant humor phlegm purulence pus rheum saliva sanies serous fluid serum snot suppuration sweat tear teardrop the whites urine |