Meanings
plural lymphangitides
- countableuncountablemedicineInflammation of the lymphatic channels, the result of infection at a site distal to the channel.
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Lymphangitis in a Cart Mare.— This disease, locally known as farcy, weed, shot o' grease, and Monday morning disease, the latter name from its often developing through Sunday night through the horse having been tied up and so getting no exercise from the time he finished work on the Saturday until required again on Monday morning.
1901 April 12, “Veterinary Departmental Report for February, 1901”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 85
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄγγος“vessel”
- Latinlympha“lymph”
- Englishlymphangitis
From Latin lympha (“lymph”) + Ancient Greek ἄγγος (ángos, “vessel”) + -itis.
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