polyarteritis /poly·ar·ter·i·tis/ (-ahr″ter-i´tis)
polyarteritis
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
inflammatory and degenerative lesions of the arterial walls in a number of isolated locations.
polyarteritis nodosa
See periarteritis nodosa.
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