arteriosclerosis

UK/ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊskləˈrəʊsɪs/US/ɑɹˌtɪɹioʊskləˈroʊsəs/

noun

Hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels.

Similar
arterial sclerosishardening of the arteriesinduration of the arteriescoronary-artery disease
OriginEnglish sclerosis ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā) ← Latin artēria →
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Meanings

nounarteriosclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural arterioscleroses)

plural arterioscleroses

  1. countableuncountablemedicineHardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsclerosis of the arterial walls

Similar
arterial sclerosishardening of the arteriesinduration of the arteriescoronary-artery disease
Broader
sclerosisinduration

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā)
  2. Latinartēria
  3. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā)
  4. Englisharteri-
  5. Englisharterio-
  6. Englishsclerosis
  7. Englisharteriosclerosis

From arterio- + sclerosis.

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Translations

Catalan arteriosclerosi
  • arteriosclerosihardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Chinese Mandarin 動脈硬化 /动脉硬化
  • 動脈硬化 /动脉硬化 (dòngmài yìnghuà)hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Czech arterioskleróza, kornatění
  • arteriosklerózahardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • kornatěníhardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Dutch arteriosclerose
  • arteriosclerosehardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Finnish valtimonkovettumatauti
  • valtimonkovettumatautihardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
French artériosclérose
  • artériosclérosehardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
German Arteriosklerose
  • Arteriosklerosehardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Hawaiian aʻahaʻapupū
  • aʻahaʻapupūhardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Hindi धमनीकाठिन्य
  • धमनीकाठिन्य (dhamnīkāṭhinya)hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Hungarian arterioszklerózis
  • arterioszklerózishardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Icelandic æðakölkun
  • æðakölkunhardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Indonesian arteriosklerosis
  • arteriosklerosishardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Italian arteriosclerosi
  • arteriosclerosihardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Japanese 動脈硬化症
  • 動脈硬化症 (dōmyakukōkashō)hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Korean 동맥 경화증
  • 동맥 경화증 (dongmaek gyeonghwajeung)hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Latvian artēriju skleroze, asinsvadu skleroze
  • artēriju sklerozehardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • asinsvadu sklerozehardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Polish arterioskleroza, miażdżyca
  • arteriosklerozahardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • miażdżycahardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Portuguese arteriosclerose
  • arteriosclerosehardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Romanian arterioscleroză
  • arteriosclerozăhardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Russian артериосклеро́з
  • артериосклеро́з (artɛrioskleróz)hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Spanish arteriosclerosis
  • arteriosclerosishardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Swedish arterioskleros
  • arterioskleroshardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Turkish arteriyoskleroz
  • arteriyosklerozhardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Ukrainian артеріосклеро́з
  • артеріосклеро́з (arterioskleróz)hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Vietnamese xơ vữa động mạch
  • xơ vữa động mạchhardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
Cite this entry
APA

arteriosclerosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arteriosclerosis

MLA

“arteriosclerosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arteriosclerosis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arteriosclerosis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arteriosclerosis.

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