ARTERIAL SCLEROSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arterial sclerosis mean? 

• ARTERIAL SCLEROSIS (noun)
  The noun ARTERIAL SCLEROSIS has 1 sense:

1. sclerosis of the arterial walls

  Familiarity information: ARTERIAL SCLEROSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIAL SCLEROSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sclerosis of the arterial walls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

arterial sclerosis; arteriosclerosis; coronary-artery disease; hardening of the arteries; induration of the arteries

Hypernyms ("arterial sclerosis" is a kind of...):

induration; sclerosis (any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arterial sclerosis"):

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)