arteriosclerosis
[ahr-teer-ee-oh-skluh-roh-sis]
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noun
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.
Compare atherosclerosis.
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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
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