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arteritic

arteritic

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Adjective

arteritic (not comparable)

  1. (pathology) Relating to arteritis.
    • 1856, M. Nélaton, “Clinical Lectures on Surgery”, in Dublin quarterly journal of medical science, volume 22, page 167:
      We can fairly reconcile this apparent lapse by observing, that M. Nelaton confounds the arteritic form of the affection with that supervening on ossified arteries; a circumstance first noticed by Cowper, the anatomist, but denied gravely by Pott, an author who is frequently quoted as countenancing the idea.
    • 1965, John R. Gamble, Current concepts of clinical gastroenterology, page 119:
      These arteritic lesions are not confined to the striated musculature, but occur everywhere, including the superior and inferior mesenteric arterial beds.
    • 2008, Current Ocular Therapy, page 581:
      Arteritic and nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy both manifest as sudden visual loss associated with optic disc edema.

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