Definition of Arteriosclerosis obliterans

1. Noun. A stage of arteriosclerosis involving closure of blood vessels.


Medical Definition of Arteriosclerosis obliterans

1. Arteriosclerosis in which proliferation of the intima leads to occlusion of the lumen of the arteries. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arteriosclerosis Obliterans

arteriomalacia
arteriometer
arteriomotor
arteriomyomatosis
arteriopalmus
arteriopathy
arterioplania
arterioplasty
arterioportography
arteriopressor
arteriorrhaphy
arteriorrhexis
arterioscleroses
arteriosclerosis
arteriosclerosis obliterans (current term)
arteriospasm
arteriostenosis
arteriotomies
arteriotomy
arteriotony
arteriovenous
arteriovenous anastomosis

Literary usage of Arteriosclerosis obliterans

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

1. Health Consequences of Smoking: Cardiovascular Disease: Report of the by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"(84) WEINROTH, LA, HERZSTEIN, J. Relation of tobacco smoking to arteriosclerosis obliterans in diabetes mellitus. Journal of the American Medical ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"... upon endar- teritis (arteriosclerosis) obliterans, though occasionally it may limit itself to a superficial patch of skin tissue following infection. ..."

3. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Obliterative atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis obliterans) is slowly progressive Symptoms may be noted at rest or with exercise. With exertion, the client ..."

4. 5th Report Of The Joint National Committee On Detection, Evaluation, And by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"Patients With Peripheral Vascular Diseases Hypertension is a major risk factor for the development of carotid atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis obliterans, ..."

5. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"Rochester, MN data indicated that arteriosclerosis obliterans, defined as peripheral pulse deficits, was present in 8% of subjects at diabetes diagnosis, ..."

6. Health Consequences of Smoking for Women: A Report of the Surgeon General by DIANE Publishing Company (1985)
"(49) WEISS, NS Cigarette smoking and arteriosclerosis obliterans: an epidemiologic approach. American Journal of Epidemiology 95(1): 17-25, 1972. ..."

7. Hypochondriac's Guide to Phentermineby edited by W. Frederick Zimmerman by edited by W. Frederick Zimmerman (2005)
"... Bartusch M, Schneider W. [Studies on drug controlled blood distribution as a conservative therapeutic principle in arteriosclerosis obliterans] Z ..."

8. Health Benefits of Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"A retrospective record review was undertaken at Mayo Clinic to identify nondiabetic patients with a clinical diagnosis of arteriosclerosis obliterans, ..."

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