Arteriosclerotic

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person suffering from arteriosclerosis.

    "Halo and Banga have recently indicated (1953) that the elastase content of the pancreas of human arteriosclerotics is substantially less than normal."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or caused by arteriosclerosis
Adjective
  1. 1
    affected by arteriosclerosis wordnet

Example

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"Halo and Banga have recently indicated (1953) that the elastase content of the pancreas of human arteriosclerotics is substantially less than normal."

Etymology

From arterio- + sclerotic.

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