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CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coronary-artery disease mean?
• CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE (noun)
The noun CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE has 1 sense:
1. sclerosis of the arterial walls
Familiarity information: CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE (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 ("coronary-artery disease" is a kind of...):
induration; sclerosis (any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coronary-artery disease"):
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)
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