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HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES
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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 ("hardening of the arteries" is a kind of...):
induration; sclerosis (any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hardening of the arteries"):
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)
