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Atherosclerosis

//ˌæθɚoʊskləˈɹoʊsəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The clogging or hardening of arteries or blood vessels caused by plaques (accumulations of fatty deposits, usually cholesterol). countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonym: ASCVD"

  2. 2
    a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries wordnet

Etymology

From athero- + sclerosis.

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