Meanings
alternative Takayasu arteritis
- uncountablemedicineAn inflammatory disease of unknown cause, affecting the aorta and most common in young Asian women.
Synonyms: aortic arch syndrome, pulseless disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn inflammatory disease of unknown cause, affecting the aorta and most common in young Asian women.
More synonyms by meaning
noundisorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
First described in 1908 by Japanese ophthalmologist Mikito Takayasu.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish Takayasun arteriitti, Takayasun tauti
- Takayasun arteriittian inflammatory disease of unknown cause affecting the aorta
- Takayasun tautian inflammatory disease of unknown cause affecting the aorta
Indonesian arteritis Takayasu
- arteritis Takayasuan inflammatory disease of unknown cause affecting the aorta
Portuguese arterite de Takayasu
- arterite de Takayasuan inflammatory disease of unknown cause affecting the aorta
Spanish arteritis de Takayasu
- arteritis de Takayasuan inflammatory disease of unknown cause affecting the aorta
Cite this entry
Takayasu's arteritis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Takayasu's%20arteritis
“Takayasu's arteritis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Takayasu's%20arteritis. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Takayasu's arteritis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Takayasu's%20arteritis.
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