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aortitis en · NOUN

Etymology

From aort- + -itis.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Inflammation of the aorta.
   • In other maternal heart disease we had 7 aortitises, 5 cardiomyopathies, 1 primary pulmonary hypertension, angina pectoris with familial hyperrholesterolaemia and pericarditis. 1986, Kazuo Maeda, Kazuo Okuyama, Yoshihiko Takeda, Recent advances in perinatology:
   • Aortitis can affect any site in the aorta but has a predilection for the ascending aorta with a tendency to cause dilatation, aneurysms and aortic valve insufficiency (Figs. 42.1 and 42.2). 2010, Allen P. Burke, Fabio Tavora, Practical Cardiovascular Pathology, →ISBN, page 419:
   • The presence of inflammatory cells in the aortic media or adventitia is indicative of aortitis. 2008, José Biller, The Interface of Neurology & Internal Medicine, →ISBN, page 106:

Forms

Translations (7)

ca aortitis (inflammation of the aorta) · fr aortite (inflammation of the aorta) · fi aorttatulehdus (inflammation of the aorta) · fi aortiitti (inflammation of the aorta) · pt aortite (inflammation of the aorta) · cy aortitis (inflammation of the aorta) · el αορτίτιδα (inflammation of the aorta)