polyarteritis nodosa
noun
polyarteritis no·do·sa
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Medical Definition of polyarteritis nodosa
: an acute inflammatory disease that involves all layers of the arterial wall and is characterized by degeneration, necrosis, exudation, and the formation of inflammatory nodules along the outer layer
— called also periarteritis nodosa