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angiitis

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angiitis /an·gi·i·tis/ (-i´tis) pl. angii´tides   vasculitis.
allergic granulomatous angiitis  Churg-Strauss syndrome.

an·gi·i·tis (nj-ts)
n.

angiitis
[anjē·ī′tis]
Etymology: Gk, angeion, vessel, itis
an inflammation of a vessel, chiefly a blood or lymph vessel. See also vasculitis.

angiitis
inflammation of the coats of a vessel, chiefly blood or lymph vessels. Called also vasculitis. Local or generalized, the latter e.g. in hypersensitivity states.

angiitis
Vasculitis, see there. See Cerebral granulomatous angiitis, Cutaneous leukocytoclasticangiitis.


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