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Lymph Limpid Liquid Nymph Limpia Nympha Nubilis Nubile Nurse Lymphatic
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ LYMPH  id+ | LIMPID or CLEAR LIQUID |
         see> NYMPH
  lat   LYMPHATICUS = LOVE MADNESS
        LYMPHA        WATER
  myth> NYMPHA        or NYMPHS HAD THE ROLE TO
                      STIMULATE SEXUAL DESIRES AND
                      RELATED SECRETIONS
  lat   LIMPA         GODDESS OF SPRINGS    see> NYMPH
  sp    LIMPIA        CLEAN as in LIMPID
  lat   NYMPHA        YOUNG WOMAN or BRIDE  see> BRIDLE
        NURUS         DAUGHTER IN LAW
        NUBILIS       MARRIAGEABLE or NUBILE GIRL in sp NUBIL
  sp    NUERA         DAUGHTER IN LAW
  ukr   NERKA         KIDNEY  for more re liquid see> NURSE
  lat   NUBERE        TO MARRY or NUPTIALS
  note  NURTURE       see> NURSE
  biol> med> LYMPH IS A CLEAR TRANSPARENT NON BLOODY
             YELLOWISH BODY FLUID EXUDED FROM
  INTERSTITIAL TISSUE SPACES USUALLY DRAINED BY
  LYMPHATIC CHANNELS or DUCTS INTO THE
  VENOUS BLOOD SYSTEM WHICH RETURNS BLOOD AND LYMPH
  TO THE HEART  note that most
  INTESTINAL ABSORPTION IS BY LYMPHATIC CHANNELS
  continued under see> NYMPH        see> NEPTUNE
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