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aortitis

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aortitis /aor·ti·tis/ (a″or-ti´tis) inflammation of the aorta.
a·or·ti·tis (ôr-tts)
n.
Inflammation of the aorta.

aortitis
[ā′ôrtī′tis]
an inflammation of the aorta. It occurs most frequently in tertiary syphilis and occasionally in rheumatic fever.

aortitis [a″or-ti´tis]
inflammation of the aorta.

aortitis
inflammation of the aorta.

aortitis
Cardiology Inflammation of the aorta. See Syphilitic aortitis.


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