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Definition of Polyarteritis
1. Noun. Inflammation of several arteries.
Medical Definition of Polyarteritis
1. Simultaneous inflammation of a number of arteries. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyarteritis
Literary usage of Polyarteritis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"In the external arteries the condition may persist for years before disability
is caused by enlargement of the veins and swelling of the limb. polyarteritis ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"polyarteritis Acuta Nodosa and Peri-arteritis Nodosa.—CARNEGIE DICKSON (Jour.
Path, and Bact., 1907, xii, 31) believes that under the name "peri-arteritis ..."
3. Digestive Diseases of the U. S.: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1994)
"... and Capillaries (440-448) 446 polyarteritis nodosa and allied conditions 446.0
polyarteritis nodosa Diseases of Veins and Lymphatics and Other Diseases ..."
4. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is an inflammatory lesion of muscular arteries,
principally in the pancreas, mesentery, and testicle. Inflammation may be acute ..."
5. The Journal of Medical Research (1901)
"On the other hand, some confusion has developed in the use of the term periarteritis
or polyarteritis in that a number of authors, not clearly recognizing ..."
6. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Inflammatory changes in the ovaries are absent except in one case of polyarteritis
nodosa. The utero- ovarian vessels in the hilar area of the ovaries are ..."
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