Aortitis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Inflammation of the aorta. countable, uncountable

    "In other maternal heart disease we had 7 aortitises, 5 cardiomyopathies, 1 primary pulmonary hypertension, angina pectoris with familial hyperrholesterolaemia and pericarditis."

  2. 2
    inflammation of the aorta wordnet

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"In other maternal heart disease we had 7 aortitises, 5 cardiomyopathies, 1 primary pulmonary hypertension, angina pectoris with familial hyperrholesterolaemia and pericarditis."

Etymology

From aort- + -itis.

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