Arteritis


inflammation of an artery.
historical examples

arteritis may be limited to single trunks or it may affect, more or less, all the arteries of the body.
special report on diseases of the horse united states department of agriculture

weber calls this case one of arteritis obliterans with intermittent claudication.
arteriosclerosis and hypertension: louis marshall warfield

arteritis may be acute, subacute, or chronic; when the inner coat alone is affected it is known as endarteritis.
special report on diseases of the horse united states department of agriculture

in 1861 he came to die in paris of arteritis, and all the literary world visited his bedside.
vie de bohme orlo williams

noun
(pathol) inflammation of an artery

arteritis ar·te·ri·tis (är’tə-rī’tĭs)
n.
inflammation of an artery or arteries.

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