haemolymphn.
/ˈhiːməʊlɪmf/ Physiology.
The fluid, analogous to blood or lymph, in the body-cavity of some invertebrates.
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chylaqueous fluid1852
haemolymph1885
1885 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 432/1 In Eupolyzoa the cœlom is very capacious; it is occupied by a coagulable hæmolymph in which float cellular corpuscles.
1964 O. Kinne in Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. II. 302 Autoradiographs of Asellus aquaticus indicate that some 20 to 30‰ of the total body Na is located outside the haemolymph.
1968 H. Harris Nucleus & Cytoplasm iv. 79 Some authors believe that the proteins of the salivary secretion are not synthesized in the gland, but are simply extracted from haemolymph.
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ˌhaemolymˈphatic adj. of or pertaining to hæmolymph, or to a circulatory system which is not differentiated into separate blood-vascular and lymphatic systems.
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