arteriosclerosis
[ahr-teer-ee-oh-skluh-roh-sis]
- degenerative changes in the arteries, characterized by thickening of the vessel walls and accumulation of calcium with consequent loss of elasticity and lessened blood flow.
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Compare atherosclerosis.
Origin of arteriosclerosis
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Upon the anatomical structure of the arteries depends, as a rule, the character and extent of the arteriosclerotic lesions.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
The lesions of the arteriosclerotic kidney are due to narrowing and eventual obstruction of the afferent vessels.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
This might be called the arteriosclerotic high-tension group (Stone's cardiac group).
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
There is also the chronically shrunken and scarred kidney known pathologically as the arteriosclerotic kidney.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
True epileptic convulsions dependent on arteriosclerotic changes are also seen and are not so uncommon.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
arteriosclerosis
- a pathological condition of the circulatory system characterized by thickening and loss of elasticity of the arterial wallsNontechnical name: hardening of the arteries
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arteriosclerosis
(är-tîr′ē-ō-sklə-rō′sĭs)- Any of a group of chronic diseases in which thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls result in impaired blood circulation.arterial sclerosis
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arteriosclerosis
[är-tîr′ē-ō-sklə-rō′sĭs]
- A thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls that results in impaired blood circulation. See also atherosclerosis.
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arteriosclerosis
[(ahr-teer-ee-oh-skluh-roh-sis)]
A disease commonly called hardening of the arteries. In arteriosclerosis, the walls of the arteries thicken and harden. The loss of flexibility results in a lessening of the flow of blood to the various organs of the body. (Compare atherosclerosis; see circulatory system.)
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