polychondritis (redirected from chronic atrophic polychondritis)

polychondritis /poly·chon·dri·tis/ (-kon-dri´tis) inflammation of many cartilages of the body.

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chronic atrophic polychondritis , polychondritis chro´nica atro´phicans relapsing p.

relapsing polychondritis  an acquired idiopathic chronic disease with a tendency to recurrence, marked by inflammatory and degenerative lesions of various cartilaginous structures.

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pol·y·chon·dri·tis (pl-kn-drts)

n.

Simultaneous inflammation of many cartilages.

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polychondritis

inflammation of many cartilages of the body.

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relapsing polychondritis

affected cats have a history of swollen, painful ears which eventually become deformed; most cats are infected with feline leukemia or feline immunodeficiency viruses.