Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Inflammation of the inner lining of an artery.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, inflammation of the inner coat of an artery. Also endoarteriitis, endoarteritis.

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  • noun pathology inflammation of the inner lining (tunica intima) of an artery

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  • noun inflammation of the inner lining of an artery

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin endartērium, inner lining of an artery; see endarterectomy + –itis.]

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Examples

  • Another man of the first group, about middle age, and previously a very healthy, sober, hard-working fellow, has developed thrombosis of his middle cerebral artery as the result of a syphilitic endarteritis.

    Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health New Zealand. Committee of the Board of Health

  • When an obliterative endarteritis is threatening a leg with anemic gangrene, or when one lies too long in the same position on a hard bed, there is threatening injury from local anemia, and as a result there is acute pain, but when the obliterative endarteritis threatens anemia of the brain, or when an embolism or thrombosis has produced anemia of the brain, there may be no accompanying pain.

    The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915

  • Chronic endarteritis is fruitful in the production of thrombus and atheroma.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • Arteritis may be acute, subacute, or chronic; when the inner coat alone is affected it is known as endarteritis.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • Atheroma is a direct result of an existing chronic endarteritis, the lining membrane of the vessels being invariably involved to a greater or less degree.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • Arteries which are at the seat of chronic endarteritis are liable to suffer degenerative changes, consisting chiefly of fatty degeneration, calcification, or the breaking down of the degenerated tissue, and the formation of erosions or ulcerlike openings in the inner coat.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • Such dilatations are usually due to chronic endarteritis and atheroma.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • The rules are to address salmonella endarteritis (SE) infections from infected flocks.

    Lancaster Farming - Lancaster Farming Editor 2010

  • (endarteritis); and by weakening the respective coats leads to rupture, aneurism, or to degenerations, such as bony, calcareous, fatty, atheromatous, etc.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • Direct injuries, such as blows, may produce a contusion and subsequent inflammation of the wall of an artery; severe muscular strain may involve an arterial trunk; hypertrophy of the heart, by increasing arterial tension, may result in the production of a general endarteritis.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

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