arteritis

(ar-te-ri‘tis) [Gr. ἀρτηρία artery + 37s inflammation]. Inflammation of an artery. pare end arteritis and periarieritis. a. def or’- mans, chronic end arteritis with calcareous infiltration. a. hyperplas‘tic a, arteritis with the formation of new connective ti ue. @. no do’sa, per i arteritis nodosa. a. oblit’erans, end arteritis resulting in the obliteration or closure of the lumen of the ve el.