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CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disease of the heart or blood vessels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cardiovascular disease" is a kind of...):
disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cardiovascular disease"):
cardiopathy; heart disease (a disease of the heart)
high blood pressure; hypertension (a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater))
hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure)
aneurism; aneurysm (a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall)
circulatory failure (failure of the cardiovascular system to supply adequate amounts of blood to body tissues)
Context examples:
This agent may be used for the treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
(Aleglitazar, NCI Thesaurus)
The findings highlight how immunotherapies that treat inflammatory conditions might play a role in the reduction of cardiovascular disease risks.
(Study links psoriasis treatment and improvement in heart artery disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Findings of a new study suggest adolescents who consume too much salt have measurable changes in their blood vessels associated with early signs of cardiovascular disease in adults.
(Too Much Salt? Unhealthy Blood Vessels Changes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Last year a study of 408 people in the US found trees, bushes and plants reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease.
(People Living Near Parks in Cities Less Likely to Face Early Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Homocysteine is a product of methionine metabolism and elevated plasma levels are associated with cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer disease and several metabolic diseases.
(Homocysteine, NCI Thesaurus)
Do individuals with low numbers of IELs get protected against cardiovascular disease?
(Some gut cells slow down metabolism, accelerate cardiovascular disease, National Institutes of Health)
A cluster of closely related metabolic abnormalities associated with insulin resistance that confer an increased risk of the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
(Insulin Resistance Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Polyunsaturated fatty acids in the diet such as omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil may have a positive influence on health, reducing cardiovascular disease and cancer.
(Oxidation of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
As other cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and myocardial infarction are in decline as causes of mortality, the heart failure problem becomes increasingly urgent.
(NFAT Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Researchers found that poor diets leading to cardiovascular disease and cancer caused almost 11 million deaths, or one in every five deaths, worldwide in 2017.
(Poor Diet Kills More People Than Smoking, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
