AORTITE

(Fr.), n. A’-o%rt-et, See AORTITIS—A. aiguë à répétiti on. Acute recurrent aortitis, manifested by severe paroxysms of pain in the epigastrium, with the sensation of a heavy weight in that region. and dyspnea; observed in the subjects of arterial sclerosis, or dilatation of the heart or some other cardiac lesion, [Huchard, “* Union méd.,” Aug. 4, 1883, p. 197 (D).] , AORTITIS (Lat.), n. f. A(as)-o2rt-i(e)ti2s, Geu., aortit/idis, For deriv., see Aorta and -it is*. Fr.. aortite. Ger.. Aortenentzündung. It., aortite. Sp., aortitis. Inflammation of the aorta. ~—A. erysipelatosa partial is. A term applied by Hankel to a See ARcH The aortic ex- A3-o?rt'e?n-tzwe-be?1, See | case in which the inner coat of the aorta was found reddened, with white and o eous points. [‘* Mag. f. d. ges. Heilk.,” xxxix, pe 234 (L)]-Nummular a. A. with circular whitish patches in the inner coat, the media and adventitia being healthy. [J. F. G rt, “Trans, of the Path. Soc. of London,” xxvi, p. 80 (L).] AORTOCLASIE [Piorry] (Fr.), n. ’-ze, From éoprñ, the aorta, and «Ades, a breaking. Rupture of the aorta. te sy} * kystoide |Piorry]. True aneurysm of the aorta.