arteritis obliterans


arteritis

 [ahr″ter-i´tis] (pl. arteri´tides) inflammation of an artery.aortic arch arteritis pulseless disease.brachiocephalic arteritis pulseless disease.cranial arteritis temporal arteritis.giant cell arteritis temporal arteritis.hemolytic arteritis, microangiopathic pulseless disease.arteritis obli´terans endarteritis obliterans.rheumatic arteritis generalized inflammation of arterioles and arterial capillaries occurring in rheumatic fever.Takayasu's arteritis pulseless disease.temporal arteritis a chronic vascular disease of unknown origin, occurring in the elderly, characterized by severe headache, fever, and accumulation of giant cells in the walls of medium-sized arteries, especially the temporal arteries. Ocular involvement may cause visual impairment or blindness.

end·ar·te·ri·tis ob·li·te·rans

, obliterating endarteritisan extreme degree of endarteritis proliferans closing the lumen of the artery. Synonym(s): arteritis obliterans, obliterating arteritis

end·ar·ter·it·is ob·lit·e·rans

, obliterating endarteritis (end'ahr-tĕr-ī'tis ob-lit'ĕr-anz, ob-lit-ĕr-ā'ting) An extreme degree of endarteritis proliferans closing the lumen of the artery.
Synonym(s): arteritis obliterans, obliterating arteritis.