different between arteriosclerosis vs atherosclerosis
arteriosclerosis
English
Etymology
arterio- +? sclerosis
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /???ti?io?skl??o?s?s/
Noun
arteriosclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural arterioscleroses)
- (pathology) Hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels.
Related terms
- atherosclerosis
Translations
Spanish
Noun
arteriosclerosis f (plural arteriosclerosis)
- arteriosclerosis
Related terms
- arteriosclerótico
Further reading
- “arteriosclerosis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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atherosclerosis
English
Etymology
From athero- +? sclerosis
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?æ??o?skl???o?s?s/
Noun
atherosclerosis (plural atheroscleroses)
- (pathology) The clogging or hardening of arteries or blood vessels caused by plaques (accumulations of fatty deposits, usually cholesterol).
Usage notes
Atherosclerosis is easily confused with arteriosclerosis. The latter is a general term for hardening of arteries, for which atherosclerosis is one of the most common causes.
Derived terms
- atherosclerotic
- atherosclerotically
Related terms
- arteriosclerosis
Translations
atherosclerosis From the web:
- what atherosclerosis means
- what atherosclerosis is and how it occurs
- what atherosclerosis hardens
- what atherosclerosis stands for
- atherosclerosis what causes it
- atherosclerosis what age
- atherosclerosis what to eat
- atherosclerosis what happens
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