Definition of "lymphatism" in English

noun

1. (medicine, historical) Enlargement or swelling of the lymphatic tissue, associated in the past with sudden death of children but no longer considered to be an authentic ailment.

2. Bloating, sluggishness.

   • 1948, William S. Lieberman, "Modern French Tapestries," The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 142, As Jean Lurcat said, "The art had died, killed by consumption, insipidness, lymphatism, and inversion."