Usually means: Hardening and thickening of arteries.
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  1. arteriosclerosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. arteriosclerosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. arteriosclerosis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. arteriosclerosis: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. arteriosclerosis: Wiktionary
  8. arteriosclerosis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  17. arteriosclerosis: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  18. arteriosclerosis: Merriam-Webster

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  1. arteriosclerosis: Encyclopedia

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  3. Arteriosclerosis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  6. Arteriosclerosis: Merck Manuals
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▸ noun:  (pathology) Hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels.

Similar:
arterial sclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries, arteriolosclerosis, atherosclerosis, arthrosclerosis, arteriopathy, arteriostenosis, arteriolonephrosclerosis, more...

Opposite:
arteriogenesis, arterial remodeling, arterial plasticity

Types:
hardening, thickening, calcification, narrowing, more...

Phrases:
cerebral arteriosclerosis, Arteriosclerosis obliterans, coronary arteriosclerosis, peripheral arteriosclerosis, senile arteriosclerosis, more...

Adjectives:
cerebral, coronary, general, generalized, severe, advanced, peripheral, retinal, pulmonary, premature, renal

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Similar:
arterial sclerosis, coronary-artery disease, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries, arteriolosclerosis, atherosclerosis, arthrosclerosis, arteriopathy, arteriostenosis, arteriolonephrosclerosis, more...

Opposite:
arteriogenesis, arterial remodeling, arterial plasticity

Types:
hardening, thickening, calcification, narrowing, more...

Phrases:
cerebral arteriosclerosis, Arteriosclerosis obliterans, coronary arteriosclerosis, peripheral arteriosclerosis, senile arteriosclerosis, medial arteriosclerosis, Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis, more...

Adjectives:
cerebral, coronary, general, generalized, severe, advanced, peripheral, retinal, pulmonary, premature, renal



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