Takayasu's arteritis
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Etymology edit
First described in 1908 by Japanese ophthalmologist Mikito Takayasu.
Noun edit
Takayasu's arteritis (uncountable)
- (pathology) An inflammatory disease of unknown cause, affecting the aorta and most common in young Asian women.
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Translations edit
an inflammatory disease of unknown cause affecting the aorta
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