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Definition of Arteriolosclerosis

1. Noun. Sclerosis of the arterioles.

Medical Definition of Arteriolosclerosis

1. Sclerosis and thickening of the walls of the smaller arteries (arterioles). Hyaline arteriolosclerosis, in which there is homogeneous pink hyaline thickening of the arteriolar walls, is associated with benign nephrosclerosis. Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis, in which there is a concentric thickening with progressive narrowing of the lumina may be associated with malignant hypertension, nephrosclerosis and scleroderma. (17 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Arteriolosclerosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Oxford Medicineby Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"arteriolosclerosis (Diffuse Hyperplastic Sclerosis, ... Fibrosis) In arteriolosclerosis the lesion of the intima affects the precapillary or terminal ..."

2. Health Consequences of Smoking: Cardiovascular Disease: Report of the by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... characterized by calcification of the medial layer of muscular arteries, and arteriolosclerosis, characterized by thickening, fibrosis, hyalinization, ..."

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