ARTERITIS

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Meaning:

Inflammation of an artery

Classified under:

Hypernyms ("arteritis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arteritis"):

periarteritis (inflammation of the outer coat of an artery)

polyarteritis (inflammation of several arteries)

pulseless disease; Takayasu's arteritis (disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries)

temporal arteritis (inflammation of the temporal arteries; characterized by headaches and difficulty chewing and (sometimes) visual impairment)