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† ˈlymphæduct Obs.
Also 7 lymphiduct, 7–8 lympheduct, 9 lymphoduct.
[ad. mod.L. lymphæductus, f. lymphæ gen. of lympha lymph + ductus leading; formed after aquæductus aqueduct.]
= lymphatic B.
1664Power Exp. Philos. iii. 191 We had yet never known..the Blood's Circulation, the Lymphiducts, and other admirable Curiosities in this fabrick of our Selves. 1691Ray Creation ii. (1692) 30 Certain Water-pipes or Lymphæ-ducts inserted in the Bulb of the Eye. 1694W. Wotton Anc. & Mod. Learn. (1697) 219 The Lympheducts..were not fully traced till Steno and Briggs described them. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Skin, Nervous Fibres..full of Glandules and Lympheducts. 1768Cheselden Anat. 209 Lymphæducts are small pellucid cylindrical tubes, which arise invisible from the extremities of the arteries.
b. In plants: A sap-vessel.
1672–3Grew Anat. Plants ii. iii. (1682) 68 Whether all Roots have Lymphæducts, is doubtful. 1675Phil. Trans. X. 487 In some of which he finds Sap vessels to be only lymphæducts. |