Medical Dictionary

peripheral vascular disease

noun

Medical Definition of PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE

:  vascular disease (as Raynaud's disease and Buerger's disease) affecting blood vessels outside of the heart and especially those vessels supplying the extremities; especially :  peripheral arterial disease

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