Etymology: < lymphat- (in lymphaticadj. and n.) + -ismsuffix.
Pathology.
(See quot. 1878.)
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1878 R. D. HoblynDict. Terms Med. & Collateral Sci. (ed. 10) Lymphatism, a term recently associated with scrofula, from the idea that scrofula is the highest expression of the lymphatic temperament.
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