Definition of Artereosclerosis
||Ar*te`ri*o*scle*ro"sis
(är*tē`r&ibreve;*&osl;*skl&esl;*rō"s&ibreve;s),
n. [Gr. 'arthri`a artery +
sclerosis.] (Med.) Abnormal thickening and
hardening of the walls of the arteries, esp. of the intima, occurring
mostly in old age. -- Ar*te`ri*o*scle*rot"ic (#),
a.
||Ar*te`ri*o*scle*ro"sis
(är*tē`r&ibreve;*&osl;*skl&esl;*rō"s&ibreve;s),
n. [Gr. 'arthri`a artery +
sclerosis.] (Med.) Abnormal thickening and
hardening of the walls of the arteries, esp. of the intima, occurring
mostly in old age. -- Ar*te`ri*o*scle*rot"ic (#),
a.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels
- atherosclerosis.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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