periarteritis /peri·ar·ter·i·tis/ (-ahr-ter-i´tis) inflammation of the external coats of an artery and of the tissues around the artery.
periarteritis
periarteritis [per″e-ahr″ter-i´tis]
periarteritis nodo´sa
2. a group comprising polyarteritis nodosa, allergic granulomatous angiitis, and many systemic necrotizing vasculitides with clinicopathologic characteristics overlapping these two.
per·i·ar·te·ri·tis (p r  -ärt -r  t s)n. Inflammation of the outer coat of an artery. |
periarteritis
[per′i·är′tərī′tis]
Etymology: Gk, peri + arteria, airpipe, itis
inflammation of the outer coat of one or more arteries and the tissue surrounding them. Kinds of periarteritis are periarteritis nodosa and syphilitic periarteritis. Also called periangitis.
periarteritis [per″e-ahr″ter-i´tis]
inflammation of the outer coat of an artery and of the tissues surrounding it.
periarteritis gummo´sa accumulation of gummas on the blood vessels in syphilis.
periarteritis nodo´sa polyarteritis nodosa.
periarteritis
inflammation of the outer coat of an artery and of the tissues surrounding it.
periarteritis nodosa
an inflammatory disease of the coats of small and medium-sized arteries, marked by a variety of systemic signs. Seen sporadically in domestic animals and in humans associated with hepatitis B antigen. See also collagen diseases. Called also Kussmaul's disease, polyarteritis, panarteritis nodosa.
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