"atherosclerosis" meaning in English

See atherosclerosis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌæθɚoʊskləˈɹoʊsəs/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-atherosclerosis.wav Forms: atheroscleroses [plural]
Etymology: From athero- + sclerosis. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|athero|sclerosis}} athero- + sclerosis Head templates: {{en-noun|atheroscleroses}} atherosclerosis (plural atheroscleroses)
  1. (pathology) The clogging or hardening of arteries or blood vessels caused by plaques (accumulations of fatty deposits, usually cholesterol). Wikipedia link: atherosclerosis Categories (topical): Pathology Derived forms: antiatherosclerosis, atherosclerotic, atherosclerotically, neoatherosclerosis, proatherosclerosis Related terms: arteriosclerosis Translations (clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques): атеросклеро́за (ateroskleróza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), aterosclerosi [feminine] (Catalan), 動脈粥樣硬化 (Chinese Mandarin), 动脉粥样硬化 (dòngmài zhōuyàng yìnghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), ateroskleróza [feminine] (Czech), aterosklerose [common-gender] (Danish), atherosclerose [feminine] (Dutch), ateroskleroosi (Finnish), verisuonten kalkkeutuminen (Finnish), valtimotauti (Finnish), athérosclérose [feminine] (French), fituhrörnun slagæða [feminine] (Icelandic), aterosclerosi [feminine] (Italian), атеросклероз (ateroskleroz) (Kazakh), атеросклероз (ateroskleroz) (Kyrgyz), ateroskleroze (Latvian), aterosklerose [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), aterosklerose [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), arterioskleroza [feminine] (Polish), miażdżyca [feminine] (Polish), aterosclerose [feminine] (Portuguese), атеросклероз (ateroskleroz) (Russian), ateroesclerosis [feminine] (Spanish), åderförkalkning [common-gender] (Swedish), åderförfettning (Swedish), ateroskleros [common-gender] (Swedish), தமனிக்கூழ்மைத் தடிப்பு (tamaṉikkūḻmait taṭippu) (Tamil), атеросклеро́з (ateroskleróz) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "word": "aterosclerosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ateroskleroz",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "word": "атеросклероз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ateroskleroz",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "word": "атеросклероз"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "word": "ateroskleroze"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aterosklerose"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aterosklerose"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arterioskleroza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miażdżyca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aterosclerose"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ateroskleroz",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "word": "атеросклероз"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ateroesclerosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "åderförkalkning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "word": "åderförfettning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ateroskleros"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tamaṉikkūḻmait taṭippu",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "word": "தமனிக்கூழ்மைத் தடிப்பு"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ateroskleróz",
      "sense": "clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "атеросклеро́з"
    }
  ],
  "word": "atherosclerosis"
}

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