TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Takayasu's arteritis mean? 

• TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS (noun)
  The noun TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS has 1 sense:

1. disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries

  Familiarity information: TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disorder characterized by the absence of a pulse in both arms and in the carotid arteries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pulseless disease; Takayasu's arteritis

Hypernyms ("Takayasu's arteritis" is a kind of...):

arteritis (inflammation of an artery)