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aortitis

aortitis noun: inflammation of the aorta.

Noun

aortitis (countable and uncountable, plural aortitides or aortitises)

  1. Inflammation of the aorta.
    • In other maternal heart disease we had 7 aortitises, 5 cardiomyopathies, 1 primary pulmonary hypertension, angina pectoris with familial hyperrholesterolaemia and pericarditis.1986, Kazuo Maeda, Kazuo Okuyama, Yoshihiko Takeda, Recent advances in perinatology
    • The presence of inflammatory cells in the aortic media or adventitia is indicative of aortitis.2008, José Biller, The Interface of Neurology & Internal Medicine, →ISBN, page 106

aortitis meaning in Tamil

aortitis in Tamil

அயோர்ட்டாவழல், பெருந்தமனி அழற்சி

Forms of aortitis

pluralaortitides
pluralaortitises

Origin of aortitis

From aort- + -itis.

Questions about aortitis

What does aortitis mean?
Aortitis means inflammation of the aorta.
What is aortitis in Tamil?
Aortitis in Tamil is அயோர்ட்டாவழல், பெருந்தமனி அழற்சி. See Aortitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aortitis?
Aortitis is a noun.
What is the plural of aortitis?
The plural of aortitis is aortitides.

Words near aortitis in the dictionary

  1. aortically
  2. aortico-
  3. aorticopulmonary
  4. aorticorenal
  5. aortitides
  6. aortitis
  7. aortitises
  8. aorto-
  9. aortoarteritis
  10. aortoatrial
  11. aortobifemoral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aortitis (page history and authors); aortitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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