Etymology

atherosclerotic

A1T1H4E1R1O1S1C3L1E1R1O1T1I1C3

Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with atherosclerosis. Full definition →

English sclerotic
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Englishathero-
  2. Englishscler(a)
  3. Englishsclerotic
  4. English todayatherosclerotic

From athero- + sclerotic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.