Definition of Angiitis

1. Noun. Inflammation of a blood vessel or lymph duct.

Generic synonyms: Angiopathy, Inflammation, Redness, Rubor

Definition of Angiitis

1. Noun. a condition where blood or lymph vessels are inflamed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Angiitis

1. Inflammation of a vessel, chiefly of a blood or a lymph vessel. Synonym: vasculitis. (04 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Angiitis

angered
angerful
angering
angeringly
angerless
angerlike
angerly
angerness
angers
angico
angicos
angiectasia
angiectatic
angiectopia
angienchyma
angiitis (current term)
angiitis livedo reticularis
angiitises
angina
angina cruris
angina decubitus
angina diphtheritica
angina inversa
angina lymphomatosa
angina notha
angina of effort
angina pectoris
angina pectoris decubitus
angina pectoris sine dolore
angina pectoris vasomotoria

Literary usage of Angiitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Oxford Medicineby Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"In the case reported by McGregor and Simson there were no signs or symptoms of thrombo-angiitis obliterans of the extremities, but the spermatic vessels ..."

2. A Manual of the Practice of Medicine: Prepared Especially for Students by Arthur Albert Stevens (1892)
"THROMBO-angiitis OBLITERATES This is a progressive inflammatory condition of the arteries and veins, chiefly those of the legs, resulting in thrombosis, ..."

3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1914)
"He believes that the behavior of the elastic tissue distinguishes an obliterating arterio- sclerotic process (arteritis obliterans) from a thrombo-angiitis ..."

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