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    ARTERIAL SCLEROSIS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Sclerosis of the arterial wallsplay

    Synonyms:

    arterial sclerosis; arteriosclerosis; coronary-artery disease; hardening of the arteries; induration of the arteries

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("arterial sclerosis" is a kind of...):

    induration; sclerosis (any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arterial sclerosis"):

    atherosclerosis; coronary artery disease (a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries)

    arteriosclerosis obliterans (a stage of arteriosclerosis involving closure of blood vessels)

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