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hardening of the arteries

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noun

  1. a nontechnical name for arteriosclerosis

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It also let them pinpoint a naturally occurring gene variation that puts certain people at higher risk for hardening of the arteries, as well as identify types of proteins that contribute to our cardiovascular risk.

From Science Daily Mar. 11, 2024

In addition to helping regulate the reproductive system, estrogen influences fine-motor control and memory, enhances the growth and development of neurons, and helps to prevent hardening of the arteries.

From Scientific American Oct. 17, 2023

According to information in the coroner database on Thursday, arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease — hardening of the arteries — was a contributing factor.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 19, 2023

Among older adults in general, the same inflammatory factors associated with atherosclerosis, the clogging and hardening of the arteries that nourish the heart, can also afflict blood vessels that feed the brain.

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2022

There was also virtually no degenerative disease like heart attacks, hardening of the arteries, senility, cancer, arthritis.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve

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