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arteritis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The inflammation of arterial walls, often due to infection or an autoimmune response.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of an artery

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

Narrower terms: periarteritis, polyarteritis, Takayasu's arteritis, pulseless disease, temporal arteritis

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English artery Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English arteritis From artery + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: arteritis — inflammation of artery walls
  • Czech: arteritida — inflammation of artery walls
  • Estonian: arteriit — inflammation of artery walls
  • Finnish: arteriitti — inflammation of artery walls
  • Finnish: valtimotulehdus — inflammation of artery walls
  • French: artérite — inflammation of artery walls
  • Galician: arterite — inflammation of artery walls
  • Ido: arteriito — inflammation of artery walls
  • Indonesian: arteritis — inflammation of artery walls
  • Portuguese: arterite — inflammation of artery walls
  • Serbo-Croatian: arterìtis — inflammation of artery walls
  • Spanish: arteritis — inflammation of artery walls
  • Swedish: artärinflammation — inflammation of artery walls
  • Swedish: arterit — inflammation of artery walls