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TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries
Synonyms:
pulseless disease; Takayasu's arteritis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Takayasu's arteritis" is a kind of...):
arteritis (inflammation of an artery)