Definition of "polyarteritis" []

• Inflammation of multiple arteries (noun)

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• "Lucy has PAN—polyarteritis nodosa—an inflammatory process that affects many vessels in the body, particularly the larger blood vessels, or arteries."
• "Survival did not differ between patients with polyarteritis nodosa and microscopic polyangiitis."
• "Among 124 patients with good-prognosis polyarteritis nodosa or microscopic polyangiitis,"