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Glacier(medicine)
glacier(dictionary)
glacier(dictionary)
glacier(encyclopedia)
Glacier Bay(encyclopedia)
Fox Glacier(tourism)
glacier (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Mendenhall Glacier(encyclopedia)
rock glacier(encyclopedia)

rheumatic arteritis (medicine) and glacier (oh)


rheumatic arteritis (medicine)


rheumatic arteritis
Arteritis due to rheumatic fever; Aschoff bodies are frequently found in the adventitia of small arteries, especially in the myocardium, and may lead to fibrosis and constriction of the lumens.


glacier (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: glace 'ice', from Latin glacies]
a large mass of ice which moves slowly down a mountain valley