polyarteritis /poly·ar·ter·i·tis/ (-ahr″ter-i´tis)
polyarteritis
polyarteritis [pol″e-ahr″tĕ-ri´tis]
1. multiple inflammatory and destructive arterial lesions.
polyarteritis nodo´sa (PAN) classically, a form of systemic necrotizing vasculitis involving small to medium-sized arteries with signs and symptoms resulting from infarction and scarring of the affected organ system.
pol·y·ar·te·ri·tis (p l  -ärt -r  t s)n. Simultaneous inflammation of a number of arteries. |
polyarteritis
[pol′ē·är′tərī′tis]
Etymology: Gk, polys + arteria, airpipe, itis, inflammation
an abnormal inflammatory condition of several arteries.
polyarteritis [pol″e-ahr″tĕ-ri´tis]
multiple sites of inflammatory and destructive lesions in the arterial system.
polyarteritis nodo´sa a form of systemic necrotizing vasculitis involving the small and medium-sized arteries with signs and symptoms resulting from infarction and scarring of the affected organ system. Called also Kussmaul's disease and periarteritis nodosa.
polyarteritis
inflammatory and degenerative lesions of the arterial walls in a number of isolated locations.
polyarteritis nodosa
See periarteritis nodosa.
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