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arteriosclerosis Path.|ɑːˌtɪərɪəʊsklɪəˈrəʊsɪs|
[f. arterio- + sclerosis.]
Abnormal thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, occurring chiefly in old age.
1886D. Macalister tr. Ziegler's Text-bk. Path. Anat. & Pathogenesis ii. 21 Gull and Sutton were the first to call special attention to the arterial changes associated with contracted kidney... However..they did not sufficiently distinguish between primary arteriosclerosis and the secondary form. 1901Practitioner Mar. 315 The patient may be handicapped in his struggle with the fever by arterio-sclerosis. 1948tr. A. Brodal's Neurol. Anat. 409 Among conditions which in some cases have benefited from sympathetic denervation may be mentioned..arterio-sclerosis.
Hence arˌterioscleˈrotic a., of, pertaining to, or affected by arteriosclerosis; as n., an arteriosclerotic person.
1886D. Macalister tr. Ziegler's Text-Bk. Path. Anat. & Pathogenesis ii. 20 The affection..is best described by the term arteriosclerotic atrophy. The renal arteries and their branches in aged persons are very frequently the seat of sclerotic changes. 1907W. James Let. 2 Jan. in R. B. Perry Tht. & Char. W. J. (1935) II. 452 All is well with the James family—all but an increase of my arterio sclerotic symptoms in the last six months. 1909Practitioner Nov. 616 The arterio-sclerotic kidney. 1961Lancet 5 Aug. 306/2 Arteriosclerotic brain disease. Ibid. 26 Aug. 492/2 A short bruit can be related to kinking and lengthening of the iliac arteries in arteriosclerotics. |