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endarteritis obliterans

noun endarteritis ob·lit·er·ans \-ə-ˈblit-ə-ˌranz, -rənz\

Medical Definition of ENDARTERITIS OBLITERANS

:  endarteritis in which the intimal tissue proliferates and ultimately plugs the lumen of an affected artery—called also obliterating endarteritis

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