polyarteritis

polyarteritis
/pol'ee ahr'teuh ruy"tis/, n. Pathol.
inflammation of the layers of an artery or of many arteries, usually caused by a severe hypersensitivity reaction, and characterized by nodules and hemorrhage along the involved vessels. Also called periarteritis nodosa.
[1905-10; < NL; see POLY-, ARTERITIS]

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