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arteritis

/ahr-tuh-rahy-tis/US // ˌɑr təˈraɪ tɪs //UK // (ˌɑːtəˈraɪtɪs) //

动脉炎,动脉瘤

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : inflammation of an artery.

Examples

  • In 1861 he came to die in Paris of arteritis, and all the literary world visited his bedside.

  • Changes in the arterial walls closely resembling those of syphilitic arteritis are sometimes met with in tuberculous lesions.

  • Arteritis may be limited to single trunks or it may affect, more or less, all the arteries of the body.

  • Arteritis may be acute, subacute, or chronic; when the inner coat alone is affected it is known as endarteritis.

  • Possibly syphilitic arteritis may be viewed as an entity, the cause is known and the lesions are characteristic.