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vasculitis

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˌvæskjʊˈlaɪtɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of a blood vessel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

History

Etymology

From vasculo- + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: baskulitis — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Bulgarian: възпаление на кръвоносен съд (vǎzpalenie na krǎvonosen sǎd) — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Catalan: vasculitis — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Czech: vaskulitida — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Esperanto: vaskulito — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Finnish: vaskuliitti — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • French: angéite — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • French: vascularite — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Galician: vasculite — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • German: Gefäßentzündung — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • German: Vasculitis — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Italian: vasculite — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Malay: radang pembuluh darah — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Malay: vaskulitis — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Portuguese: vasculite — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Portuguese: vascularite — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Russian: васкулит (vaskulit) — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Spanish: vasculitis — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Swedish: vaskulit — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Swedish: kärlinflammation — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
  • Turkish: vaskülit — group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels
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