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 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
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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