periarteritis

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noun

inflammation of the tissues surrounding an artery

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Meanings

nounperiarteritis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineinflammation of the tissues surrounding an artery

    Further, we did not observe necrotic granuloma or vasculitis, thereby, differed from Wegener's granuloma and periarteritis nodosa.

    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, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin

From peri- + arteritis.

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periarteritis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/periarteritis

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Chicago

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