(medicine) Inflammation of several arteries simultaneously. Also known as panarteritis.
polyarteritis
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Inflammatory and degenerative lesions of the arterial walls in a number of isolated locations.
- p. nodosa — See periarteritis nodosa.
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inflammation of several arteries
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