arteriosclerosis

arteriosclerosis
    n 1: sclerosis of the arterial walls [syn: {arteriosclerosis},
         {arterial sclerosis}, {hardening of the arteries},
         {induration of the arteries}, {coronary-artery disease}]
    

Arteriosclerosis \Ar*te`ri*o*scle*ro"sis\
   ([aum]r*t[=e]`r[i^]*[-o]*skl[-e]*r[=o]"s[i^]s), n. [NL.; Gr.
   ? artery + sclerosis.] (Med.)
   a chronic disease characterized by abnormal thickening and
   hardening of the walls of the arteries, esp. of the intima,
   occurring mostly in old age. Subtypes are distinguished, such
   as {arteriolosclerosis} and {atherosclerosis}. --
   {Ar*te`ri*o*scle*rot"ic}, a.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
    

96 Moby Thesaurus words for "arteriosclerosis":
      angina, angina pectoris, aortic insufficiency, aortic stenosis,
      apoplectic stroke, apoplexy, arrhythmia, atherosclerosis,
      atrial fibrillation, auricular fibrillation, beriberi heart,
      calcification, callusing, cardiac arrest, cardiac insufficiency,
      cardiac shock, cardiac stenosis, cardiac thrombosis, carditis,
      case hardening, concretion, congenital heart disease,
      cor biloculare, cor juvenum, cor triatriatum, cornification,
      coronary, coronary insufficiency, coronary thrombosis,
      crystallization, diastolic hypertension, encased heart,
      endocarditis, extrasystole, fatty heart, fibroid heart, firming,
      flask-shaped heart, fossilization, frosted heart, granulation,
      hairy heart, hardening, heart attack, heart block, heart condition,
      heart disease, heart failure, high blood pressure, hornification,
      hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, induration,
      ischemic heart disease, lapidification, lithification,
      mitral insufficiency, mitral stenosis, myocardial infarction,
      myocardial insufficiency, myocarditis, myovascular insufficiency,
      ossification, ox heart, palpitation, paralytic stroke,
      paroxysmal tachycardia, pericarditis, petrifaction, petrification,
      pile, premature beat, pseudoaortic insufficiency,
      pulmonary insufficiency, pulmonary stenosis,
      rheumatic heart disease, round heart, sclerosis, setting,
      solidification, steeling, stiffening, stony heart, stroke,
      tachycardia, tempering, thrombosis, toughening,
      tricuspid insufficiency, tricuspid stenosis, turtle heart,
      varicose veins, varix, ventricular fibrillation, vitrifaction,
      vitrification