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noun
An inflammatory disease of unknown cause, affecting the aorta and most common in young Asian women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pulseless disease
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arteritis
History
First described in 1908 by Japanese ophthalmologist Mikito Takayasu.
Across languages
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