Path. Also -angeitis. [mod.L., f. lympha LYMPH + Gr. ἀγγεῖον vessel + -ITIS. Cf. F. lymphangite.] Inflammation of the walls of the lymphatic vessels.
1861. Bumstead, Ven. Dis. (1879), 128. Gonorrhœal lymphangitis may either be seated in the principal trunks or in the reticular network of these vessels.
1898. P. Manson, Trop. Diseases, xxxi. 470. Lymphangitis is a common occurrence in all forms of filarial disease.
