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LYMPHANGITIS
Definition of LYMPHANGITIS
noun
Inflammation of the lymphatic channels, the result of infection at a site distal to the channel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin lympha (“lymph”) + Ancient Greek ἄγγος (ángos, “vessel”) + -itis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LYMPHANGITIS · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LYMPHANGITIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 174, 10 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 174, 10 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LYMPHANGITIS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGHIILMNPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start LYMPHANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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