Vasculitis

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• Vasculitis — Classification and external resources Micrograph showing a vasculitis (Churg Strauss syndrome). H E stain …   Wikipedia

• Vasculitis — Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 I77.6, I80, L95, M …   Wikipedia Español

• Vasculitis — is a general term for a group of uncommon diseases which feature inflammation of the blood vessels. The blood vessels of the body are referred to as the vascular system. The blood vessels are composed of arteries that pass oxygen rich blood to… …   Medical dictionary

• vasculitis — f. angiol. Toda enfermedad que afecte a los vasos arteriales de diferente calibre y que se caracterice por la existencia de lesiones de angiítis necrosante leucocitoclásica y la presencia de trastornos inmunológicos. En ellas se incluye la… …   Diccionario médico

• vasculitis — 1900, from L. vasculum, dim. of VAS (Cf. vas) + ITIS (Cf. itis) …   Etymology dictionary

• vasculitis — (Del lat. vasculum, vasito + gr. itis , inflamación.) ► sustantivo femenino MEDICINA Inflamación de un vaso orgánico. IRREG. plural vasculitis …   Enciclopedia Universal

• vasculitis — noun (plural vasculitides) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin vasculum vessel Date: circa 1900 inflammation of a blood or lymph vessel …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• vasculitis — (vas ku li tis) Inflammation of a blood vessel …   Dictionary of microbiology

• vasculitis — Inflammation of the blood vessel wall. May be caused by immune complex deposition in or on the vessel wall …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• vasculitis — vas·cu·li·tis (văs kyə līʹtĭs) n. Inflammation of a vessel of the body. * * * …   Universalium

• vasculitis — noun A group of diseases featuring inflammation of the wall of blood vessels …   Wiktionary