noun
pulseless disease
Medical term for Takayasu arteritis, a rare inflammatory disease of large arteries that can lead to absent pulses.
See also: 大動脈炎症候群 (だいどうみゃくえんしょうこうぐん)
脈無し病は大動脈炎症候群の別名です。
Pulseless disease is another name for Takayasu arteritis.
Standard kanji spelling for this medical term.
Variant spelling using kana for なし; both forms are used.
This is the more formal medical term for the same condition; 脈無し病 is a common name focusing on the symptom of absent pulses.
Compound of 脈 (myaku, 'pulse'), 無し (nashi, 'without'), and 病 (byō, 'disease'), literally 'pulse-less disease'.