Definition

Noun: * Inflammation of a blood vessel: A medical condition characterized by the inflammation of blood vessels, which can affect arteries, veins, or capillaries. This inflammation can cause vessel walls to thicken, weaken, narrow, or scar, potentially disrupting blood flow to tissues and organs.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The patient was diagnosed with vasculitis affecting the small vessels in her skin.
  • Vasculitis is not a single disease but a group of disorders that share this common feature of blood vessel inflammation.
  • A biopsy confirmed the presence of vasculitis.

Advanced Usage

• "Large-vessel vasculitis": A category of vasculitis that primarily affects the aorta and its major branches.
  • Temporal arteritis is a form of large-vessel vasculitis.
• "ANCA-associated vasculitis": A group of vasculitides where antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) are often present.
  • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is a type of ANCA-associated vasculitis.

Variants and Related Words

• Vasculitic (adj): Pertaining to or affected by vasculitis.
  • The rash had a vasculitic appearance.
• Vasculitides (n, plural): The plural form of vasculitis, often used in medical literature to refer to the various disorders collectively.
  • The conference focused on new treatments for systemic vasculitides.

Synonyms

• Angiitis: A direct synonym often used interchangeably in medical terminology to mean inflammation of a blood or lymph vessel.

Related Phrases

• "Systemic vasculitis": Vasculitis that affects multiple organ systems.
  • His symptoms suggested a systemic vasculitis requiring extensive testing.
• "Cutaneous vasculitis": Vasculitis that is limited to the skin.
  • The palpable purpura was indicative of cutaneous vasculitis.

Noun

1. inflammation of a blood vessel