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ARTERITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation of an artery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("arteritis" is a kind of...):
inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arteritis"):
periarteritis (inflammation of the outer coat of an artery)
polyarteritis (inflammation of several arteries)
pulseless disease; Takayasu's arteritis (disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries)
temporal arteritis (inflammation of the temporal arteries; characterized by headaches and difficulty chewing and (sometimes) visual impairment)
