Meanings
- not comparablemedicineRelating to arteritis.
Arteritic and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy both manifest as sudden visual loss associated with optic disc edema.
2008, Current Ocular Therapy, page 5812 more examples
We can fairly reconcile this apparent lapse by observing, that M. Nelaton confounds the arteritic form of the affection with that supervening on ossified arteries; a circumstance first noticed by Cowper, the anatomist, but denied gravely by Pott, an author who is frequently quoted as countenancing the idea.
1856, M. Nélaton, “Clinical Lectures on Surgery”, in Dublin quarterly journal of medical science, volume 22, page 167These arteritic lesions are not confined to the striated musculature, but occur everywhere, including the superior and inferior mesenteric arterial beds.
1965, John R. Gamble, Current concepts of clinical gastroenterology, page 119
Origin
Translations
French artéritique
- artéritiquerelating to arteritis
Portuguese arterítico
- arteríticorelating to arteritis
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