hæmolymph Physiol.
(ˈhiːməʊlɪmf)
[f. hæmo- + lymph.]
The fluid, analogous to blood or lymph, in the body-cavity of some invertebrates.
| 1885 Ray 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{pmil} 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. |
Hence ˌhæmolymˈphatic a., of or pertaining to hæmolymph, or to a circulatory system which is not differentiated into separate blood-vascular and lymphatic systems.