ARTERITIS

(Lat.), n. f.?r-i(e)’ti2s. Gen., arterit'idis. Written also (more correctly but le euphoniously) arterittis. From äprnpla, an artery (see also -it is*). Fr., artérite. Ger., Schlagaderentzündung. It., arterite, arteritide. Sp.,arteritis, Inflammation of an artery. See END ARTERITIS, MES ARTERITIS, and PER I ARTERItis. According to some authors, the term should be limited to inflammation of the external coat. [A, 385.]|—A. deformans. See END ARTERITIS de{ormam.—A. obliterans, A. obliterativa. See END ARTERITIS obliterans.—A. syphilitic a. End arteritis deformans due to syphilis. [March and (A, 319).}—A. umbilical is. Inflammation and thrombosis of the umbilical arteries in the newborn. [C. Hennig (A, 416).]—Cerebral a. Inflammation of the cerebral arteries. [J. M. Da Costa (D, 87).)—Obtiterating a. See END ARTERITIS obliterans.