arteriosclerosis
noun
ar·te·rio·scle·ro·sis
är-ˌtir-ē-ō-sklə-ˈrō-səs 
: a chronic disease characterized by abnormal thickening and hardening of the arterial walls with resulting loss of elasticity compare atherosclerosis
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Fellow pro wrestler Kohei Suwama suggested to Tokyo Sports on Monday that Yoshie suffered from arteriosclerosis.
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2024
Leonid Brezhnev, the Communist Party’s longtime General Secretary until his death, in 1982, suffered from arteriosclerosis and an alarming dependence on sleeping pills; ordinary Soviets, in the privacy of their kitchens, mocked his inability to speak a clear sentence.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2023
His cause of death was coronary artery thrombosis due to arteriosclerosis and blunt force injury to the head.
—The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
According to the United Kingdom branch of Whale and Dolphin Conservation, recent studies demonstrate a direct link between such diseases as Parkinson’s, hypertension and arteriosclerosis of the carotid arteries in Faroese adults and the consumption of pilot whale meat.
—Andrea Sach, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2023
The cause was cerebral arteriosclerosis, said her son John Fitzpatrick.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
For athletes in endurance sports, there are four buckets of cardiac issues to watch out for: electrical disorders like arrhythmias, heart muscle disorders like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, genetic coronary artery disorders, and obstructive coronary artery problems like arteriosclerosis.
—Peter Vigneron, Outside Online, 5 Jan. 2023
An Associated Press article at the time of his death said an autopsy confirmed Hughes had undiagnosed arteriosclerosis, which occurs when blood vessels that circulate oxygen and nutrients from the heart to the rest of the body, become hardened and had cut off 70% of the circulation to his heart.
—Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2023
Atherosclerosis is a type of arteriosclerosis that involves the buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on artery walls.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2023
Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2024
Leonid Brezhnev, the Communist Party’s longtime General Secretary until his death, in 1982, suffered from arteriosclerosis and an alarming dependence on sleeping pills; ordinary Soviets, in the privacy of their kitchens, mocked his inability to speak a clear sentence.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2023
His cause of death was coronary artery thrombosis due to arteriosclerosis and blunt force injury to the head.
—The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
According to the United Kingdom branch of Whale and Dolphin Conservation, recent studies demonstrate a direct link between such diseases as Parkinson’s, hypertension and arteriosclerosis of the carotid arteries in Faroese adults and the consumption of pilot whale meat.
—Andrea Sach, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2023
The cause was cerebral arteriosclerosis, said her son John Fitzpatrick.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
For athletes in endurance sports, there are four buckets of cardiac issues to watch out for: electrical disorders like arrhythmias, heart muscle disorders like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, genetic coronary artery disorders, and obstructive coronary artery problems like arteriosclerosis.
—Peter Vigneron, Outside Online, 5 Jan. 2023
An Associated Press article at the time of his death said an autopsy confirmed Hughes had undiagnosed arteriosclerosis, which occurs when blood vessels that circulate oxygen and nutrients from the heart to the rest of the body, become hardened and had cut off 70% of the circulation to his heart.
—Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2023
Atherosclerosis is a type of arteriosclerosis that involves the buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on artery walls.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2023
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arteriosclerosis
noun
ar·te·rio·scle·ro·sis
är-ˌtir-ē-ō-sklə-ˈrō-səs
: a disease characterized by abnormal thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries
Medical Definition
arteriosclerosis
noun
ar·te·rio·scle·ro·sis
är-ˌtir-ē-ō-sklə-ˈrō-səs
plural arterioscleroses
-ˌsēz
: a chronic disease characterized by abnormal thickening and hardening of the arterial walls with resulting loss of elasticity see atherosclerosis
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