Definition of vasculitis in English:
vasculitis
nounPlural vasculitides ˌvaskjʊˈlʌɪtɪsˌvaskyəˈlīdəs
mass nounMedicine Inflammation of a blood vessel or blood vessels.
mass noun there is no evidence of vasculitis
count noun symptoms suggestive of a systemic vasculitis
Example sentencesExamples
- Amphetamines and MDA also will produce vasculitis when used chronically.
- Leigh died from a condition called vasculitis, an inflammation of the blood vessels.
- In the meantime, she underwent biopsy of the temporal artery, and today the pathology report revealed no evidence of vasculitis.
- Other side effects include hepatitis, vasculitis, and thrombocytopenia.
- The most common systemic vasculitis in adults is temporal arteritis.
Derivatives
adjectiveˌvaskjʊˈlɪtɪk
Medicine Immediate therapy can be dramatic in effect and prevent further vasculitic complications, permanent blindness, or death.
Example sentencesExamples
- As in this case, asthma may appear to be relatively quiescent as the full-blown vasculitic disorder becomes clinically manifest.
- The vasculitic phase usually develops within three years of the onset of asthma.
- This genetic disorder predisposes to chronic obstructive airway disease, chronic liver disease, and rarely to skin and vasculitic disorders.
- The commonest causes of vasculitic ulcers are rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, and polyarteritis nodosa.