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‖ lymphangitis Path.|lɪmfænˈdʒaɪtɪs| Also -angeitis, -angiitis. [mod.L., f. lympha lymph + Gr. ἀγγεῖον vessel + -itis. Cf. F. lymphangite.] Inflammation of the walls of the lymphatic vessels.
1842Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 3) 425/2 Lymphangeitis. 1861Bumstead Ven. Dis. (1879) 128 Gonorrhœal lymphangitis may either be seated in the principal trunks or in the reticular network of these vessels. 1889Syd. Soc. Lex. Lymphangiitis. 1898P. Manson Trop. Diseases xxxi. 470 Lymphangitis is a common occurrence in all forms of filarial disease. 1960R. A. Runnells et al. Princ. Vet. Path. xxii. 691/1 Epizootic lymphangitis is a chronic suppurative infection of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the fungus Zymonema farciminosum. 1966Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. I. xxvi. 803/2 Elephantiasis of the penis and scrotum... Repeated attacks of lymphangiitis and the presence of a sufficient number of worms may, in the course of time, block so many lymph channels that chronic oedema develops. |