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perivasculitis

perivasculitis noun: inflammation of the perivascular sheath.

Noun

perivasculitis (uncountable)

  1. inflammation of the perivascular sheath
    • In contrast, meningitis was seen in two out of the three tortoises infected with TeHV3 genogroup B. Vasculitis and/or perivasculitis were observed in two out of three individuals infected with the TeHV3 genogroup B. The tortoise infected with the bona fide recombinant TeHV3 strain had inclusions in...2015 August 6, “A Genomic Approach to Unravel Host-Pathogen Interaction in Chelonians: The Example of Testudinid Herpesvirus 3”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of perivasculitis

From peri- + vasculo- + -itis.

Questions about perivasculitis

What does perivasculitis mean?
Perivasculitis means inflammation of the perivascular sheath.
What part of speech is perivasculitis?
Perivasculitis is a noun.

Words near perivasculitis in the dictionary

  1. perivascular
  2. perivascularitis
  3. perivascularity
  4. perivascularly
  5. perivasculature
  6. perivasculitis
  7. Periven
  8. perivenous
  9. periventricular
  10. periventricularly
  11. perivenular

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