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noun

Lymphatic n.

1.

(Anat.) One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct.

2.

A mad enthusiast; a lunatic. (Obs.)

adjective

Lymphatic adj.

1.

Pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.

2.

Madly enthusiastic; frantic. (Obs.) " Lymphatic rapture. "

Lymphatic gland (Anat.), one of the solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; called also lymphatic ganglion, and conglobate gland.

Lymphatic temperament (Old Physiol.), a temperament in which the lymphatic system seems to predominate, that is, a system in which the complexion lacks color and the tissues seem to be of loose texture; hence, a temperament lacking energy, inactive, indisposed to exertion or excitement. See Temperament.

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"Lymphatic" Quotes from Famous Books

... than do any other creatures upon the earth. This difference makes man's chances of progress so much the greater; he has so many more stakes in the game. If one type of talent fails, another type may win; if the lymphatic temperament is not a success, try the sanguine or the bilious; blue eyes and black eyes and brown eyes will win more triumphs than blue or black or brown alone. Arms or legs extra long, sight or hearing extra sharp, ...

— Time and Change • John Burroughs

... this as soon as I said it, for I had offended Flamma also; but the bitter pill had the desired effect, inasmuch as the whole aristocratic family regained their usual lymphatic composure. ...

— Dr. Dumany's Wife • Mr Jkai

... has been observed that in girls the occurrence of puberty is earlier in brunettes than in blondes; and in general it makes its appearance earlier in persons of a nervous or nervo-bilious temperament than in persons of a lymphatic ...

— Plain Facts for Old and Young • John Harvey Kellogg

... mother and daughter, there were but slight traces of it now. Mrs. Peck might have been beautiful at sixteen, but her life had not been so conservative of her charms as Mrs. Phillips's was; besides, Mrs. Phillips resembled her father much more than her mother, and he had been of a much more lymphatic temperament, and was at the same time a remarkably handsome man. Mrs. Peck was not yet sixty, but she looked old for her years, and more like the grandmother than the mother of Mrs. Phillips, whose easy circumstances, indulgent husband, and indolent, self-regarding life, with no emotion and ...

— Mr. Hogarth's Will • Catherine Helen Spence

... Mrs. Challoner was wont to speak gloomily of her health, as of one doomed. She was by nature languid and lymphatic, but now her languor increased; always averse to effort, she now left all action to her daughters. It was they who decided and regulated the affairs of their modest household, and rarely were such wise young rulers to be found ...

— Not Like Other Girls • Rosa N. Carey

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