arterial nephrosclerosis
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n.
Patchy atrophic scarring of the kidney due to arteriosclerotic narrowing of the lumens of large branches of the renal artery; it occurs in the aged or in hypertensive persons and occasionally causes hypertension.
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Words nearby arterial nephrosclerosis
arterial hyperemia, arterialize, arterial ligament, arterial line, arterial murmur, arterial nephrosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, arterial spider, arterial tension, arteria lusoria, arteriarctia
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