Takayasu arteritis; Takayasu's aortitis
Medical term for a rare inflammatory disease of the aorta and its branches. The abbreviation TA is used in clinical contexts.
Takayasu arteritis is a disease that causes inflammation of the aorta and its major branches.
Named after Japanese ophthalmologist Mikito Takayasu, who first described the condition in 1908. The Japanese term directly reflects the eponym.