1) Arteritis 
Simultaneous inflammation of a number of arteries. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(pol″e-ahr″tә-ri´tis) multiple sites of inflammatory and destructive lesions in the arterial system. polyarteritis nodosa a form of systemic necrotizing vasculitis involving the small and medium-sized arteries with signs and symptoms resulting from infarction and scarrin...
Type: Term Pronunciation: pol′ē-ar′tĕr-ī′tis Definitions: 1. Simultaneous inflammation of a number of arteries.
[n] - inflammation of several arteries
noun inflammation of several arteries