Meanings
plural atheroscleroses
- countableuncountablebiologyThe clogging or hardening of arteries or blood vessels caused by plaques (accumulations of fatty deposits, usually cholesterol).
Near-synonym: ASCVD
1 more example
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3Synonyms: ASCVD
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe clogging or hardening of arteries or blood vessels caused by plaques (accumulations of fatty deposits, usually cholesterol).
More synonyms by meaning
nouna stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic تَصَلُّب عَصِيدِيّ
- تَصَلُّب عَصِيدِيّ (taṣallub ʕaṣīdiyy)clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Bulgarian атеросклеро́за
- атеросклеро́за (ateroskleróza)clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Catalan aterosclerosi
- aterosclerosiclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Chinese Mandarin 動脈粥樣硬化 /动脉粥样硬化
- 動脈粥樣硬化 /动脉粥样硬化 (dòngmài zhōuyàng yìnghuà)clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Czech ateroskleróza
- aterosklerózaclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Danish aterosklerose
- ateroskleroseclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Dutch atherosclerose
- atheroscleroseclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Finnish ateroskleroosi, verisuonten kalkkeutuminen
- ateroskleroosiclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
- verisuonten kalkkeutuminenclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
- valtimotauticlogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
French athérosclérose
- athéroscléroseclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Icelandic fituhrörnun slagæða
- fituhrörnun slagæðaclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Indonesian aterosklerosis
- aterosklerosisclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Italian aterosclerosi
- aterosclerosiclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Korean 죽상동맥경화증
- 죽상동맥경화증 (juksangdongmaekgyeonghwajeung)clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Latvian ateroskleroze
- aterosklerozeclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Norwegian Bokmål aterosklerose
- ateroskleroseclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Polish arterioskleroza, miażdżyca
- arteriosklerozaclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
- miażdżycaclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Portuguese aterosclerose
- ateroscleroseclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Russian атеросклероз
- атеросклероз (ateroskleroz)clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Spanish ateroesclerosis
- ateroesclerosisclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Swedish åderförkalkning, åderförfettning
- åderförkalkningclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
- åderförfettningclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
- aterosklerosclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Tamil தமனிக்கூழ்மைத் தடிப்பு
- தமனிக்கூழ்மைத் தடிப்பு (tamaṉikkūḻmait taṭippu)clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Turkish ateroskleroz
- aterosklerozclogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Ukrainian атеросклеро́з
- атеросклеро́з (ateroskleróz)clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques
Cite this entry
atherosclerosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atherosclerosis
“atherosclerosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atherosclerosis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atherosclerosis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atherosclerosis.
Source: atherosclerosis on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.