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(Lat.). n. f. E2nd-asrt-ear(ar)-i(e)'ti2s. Gen., endarterit'idos (-is). From ivSov, within, and opnjpi'o, an artery (see also -it is *). Fr., endarterite. Inflammation of the inner coat of an artery. [E.] Aortic e. See ENDAOBTITIS. Chronic e., E. (chronic a) deformans (seu nodosa). Fr., endarterite chronique. E. following a slow course and resulting in simple thickening of the intima, or in its replacement in patches by atheromatous or calcareous material, or in implication of the media and the adventitia, in extreme cases converting the ve el into a cord of bony stiffne . [March and, Samuel (A, 319).] Cf. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. E. obliterans, E. obliterativa. Fr., endarterite obliterative. Ger., obliterirende E. A form of chronic e. characterized by progre ive thickening of the intima by the formation of connective ti ue, leading to stenosis and even complete closure of the lumen. [March and (A, 319).] E. syphilitic a. Fr., endarterite syphilitique. Ger., syph i lit is che E. E. obliterans due to syphilis. [March and (A, 319).] E. tuberculosa. A specific inflammation of the internal coat of an artery caused by tubercle bacilli, [a, 33.] [s. 702]