granulomatosis with polyangiitis

== English == === Etymology === Renamed from the now-politically incorrect name Wegener's granulomatosis in 2011, due to Friedrich Wegener's Nazi associations. See List of medical eponyms with Nazi associations for more examples. === Noun === granulomatosis with polyangiitis (uncountable) (pathology) A disease characterised by necrotising granulomatous inflammation usually involving the upper and lower respiratory tract, and necrotising vasculitis affecting predominantly small to medium vessels. ==== See also ==== eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, renamed from Churg-Strauss syndrome