arteritis
/ahr-tuh-rahy-tis/US // ˌɑr təˈraɪ tɪs //UK // (ˌɑːtəˈraɪtɪs) //
动脉炎,动脉瘤
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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