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ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
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Irregular inflected form: arterioscleroses
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sclerosis of the arterial walls
Synonyms:
arterial sclerosis; arteriosclerosis; coronary-artery disease; hardening of the arteries; induration of the arteries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("arteriosclerosis" is a kind of...):
induration; sclerosis (any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arteriosclerosis"):
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)
Derivation:
arteriosclerotic (affected by arteriosclerosis)
