periarteritis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

peri- +‎ arteritis

Noun[edit]

periarteritis (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) inflammation of the tissues surrounding an artery
    • 2015 June 18, Hidenori Yokoi et al., “An Inflammatory Pseudotumor Arising from Pterygopalatine Fossa with Invasion to the Maxillary Sinus and Orbital Cavity”, in Case Reports in Otolaryngology[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      Further, we did not observe necrotic granuloma or vasculitis, thereby, differed from Wegener's granuloma and periarteritis nodosa.