arteritis
English
Noun
arteritis (countable and uncountable, plural arteritides)
- (pathology) The inflammation of arterial walls, often due to infection or an autoimmune response.
- 1820, “Memoir on Senile Rupture of the Heart”, in The London Medical Repository, Monthly Journal, and Review, volume 14, page 418:
- In July, 1819, M. Dalbant, of Grenoble, presented to the Faculty of Medicine, of Paris, a Thesis on Arteritis, containing five cases of inflammation of the arterial coats.
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inflammation of artery walls
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- “arteritis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾteˈɾitis/ [aɾ.t̪eˈɾi.t̪is]
- Rhymes: -itis
- Syllabification: ar‧te‧ri‧tis
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- “arteritis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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