lymphangitis
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Origin of lymphangitis
First recorded in 1835–45; lymphang(i)- + -itis
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Nail punctures resulting in infection frequently cause an infectious lymphangitis and a marked and painful swelling of the legs supervenes.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
Symptomatology.—Lameness, mixed or swinging-leg, signalizes the presence of acute lymphangitis.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
This sero-purulent oedema is always associated with lymphangitis, the lymphatic vessels possessing varicose dilatations and beaded arrangements similar to those already described in the uterine tissue.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The discharge is almost diagnostic; it resembles somewhat the discharge which we have in greasy heels and in certain attacks of lymphangitis, but to the expert the specific discharge is characteristic.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
The patient gives a history of feverish attacks of the nature of lymphangitis during which the swelling becomes painful and tender.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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