Hardening Of The Arteries

Definition: Hardening Of The Arteries

Hardening Of The Arteries

Noun

1. Sclerosis of the arterial walls.

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Synonyms: Hardening Of The Arteries

Disease

Ague, angina pectoris, appendicitis; Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia, blennorrhoea; blood poisoning, bloodstroke, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele, canker rash, cardialgia, carditis, endocarditis; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche, dartre; enanthem, enanthema; erysipelas; exanthem, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis, pneumonia, psora, pyaemia, pyrosis, quinsy, rachitis, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma, syntexis, tetanus, tetter, tonsillitis, tonsilitis, tracheocele, trachoma, trismus, varicella, varicosis, variola, water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack.

Books

• Preventing Hardening of the Arteries (reference)

• Strokes and Their Prevention: How to Avoid High Blood Pressure and Hardening of the Arteries. (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Health

These include inflammation and hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis). (references)

Disorders of the heart and blood vessel system include atherosclerosis (a narrowing and hardening of the arteries), high blood pressure, angina (chest pain that results from insufficient blood getting to the heart), heart attack, and stroke. (references)

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French

artériosclérose (f). (various references)

German

arterienverkalkung (arteriosclerosis). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

動脈硬化症 (arteriosclerosis), 動脈硬化 (arteriosclerosis). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

どうみゃく�"うかしょう (arteriosclerosis), どうみゃく�"うか (arteriosclerosis). (various references)

Pig Latin

ardeninghay ofay ethay arteriesay

Russian 

артериосклероз (arteriosclerosis). (various references)

Turkish

damar sertliği (arteriosclerosis). (various references)