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lymphangitis

lymphangitis noun: inflammation of the lymphatic channels, the result of infection at a site distal to the channel.

Noun

lymphangitis (countable and uncountable, plural lymphangitides)

  1. Inflammation of the lymphatic channels, the result of infection at a site distal to the channel.
    • 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...1901 April 12, “Veterinary Departmental Report for February, 1901”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 85

lymphangitis meaning in Tamil

lymphangitis in Tamil

நிணநீர் நாள அழற்சி, நிணநீர் குழாயழற்சி, வடிநீர்க்குழல் அழல்

Forms of lymphangitis

plurallymphangitides

Origin of lymphangitis

From Latin lympha (“lymph”) + Ancient Greek ἄγγος (ángos, “vessel”) + -itis.

Words formed from lymphangitis

Questions about lymphangitis

What does lymphangitis mean?
Lymphangitis means inflammation of the lymphatic channels, the result of infection at a site distal to the channel.
What is lymphangitis in Tamil?
Lymphangitis in Tamil is நிணநீர் நாள அழற்சி, நிணநீர் குழாயழற்சி, வடிநீர்க்குழல் அழல். See Lymphangitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lymphangitis?
Lymphangitis is a noun.
What is the plural of lymphangitis?
The plural of lymphangitis is lymphangitides.

Words near lymphangitis in the dictionary

  1. lymphangiosclerosis
  2. lymphangiostatic
  3. lymphangiothrombosis
  4. lymphangitic
  5. lymphangitides
  6. lymphangitis
  7. lymphangitis carcinomatosa
  8. lymphanoid
  9. lymphapheresis
  10. Lympharis morpho
  11. Lympharis morphos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lymphangitis (page history and authors); lymphangitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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