temporal arteritis

1. 1.

   inflammation of the temporal arteries; characterized by headaches and difficulty chewing and (sometimes) visual impairment

   Broaderarteritis

Questions about temporal arteritis

What does temporal arteritis mean?

temporal arteritis means "inflammation of the temporal arteries; characterized by headaches and difficulty chewing and (sometimes) visual impairment".

Is temporal arteritis a common word?

temporal arteritis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.