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Definition of Atherosclerosis

1. Noun. A stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries.

Definition of Atherosclerosis

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

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Definition of Atherosclerosis

1. [n -ROSES]

Medical Definition of Atherosclerosis

1. The progressive narrowing and hardening of the arteries over time. This is known to occur to some degree with aging, but other risk factors that accelerate this process have been identified. These factors include: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and family history for atherosclerotic disease. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Atherosclerosis

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

1. 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)
"Clinical Syndromes Due to atherosclerosis of the Blood Vessels of the Nervous System atherosclerosis is a disease of advanced life, often insidious in onset ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Pigeons with extensive atherosclerosis had significantly greater systolic, diastolic, and mean blood pressures in comparison to pigeons with little or no ..."

3. Hearts and Arteries: What Scientists Are Learning About Age and the by Caroline McNeil (1994)
"atherosclerosis significantly increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. ... In atherosclerosis, some of these cells in the intima invade the basement ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"atherosclerosis, or Arteriosclerosis Definition.—A primary degeneration (atheroma nodules, chiefly in the intima and partly in the media), with secondary ..."

5. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"atherosclerosis 1976;23:155-176. 62. Clarkson TB, Lehner ND, Wagner WD, St. Clair RW, Bond MG, Bullock BC. A study of atherosclerosis regression in Macaca ..."

6. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"Several autopsy-study series link cigarette smoking to the occurrence and extent of atherosclerosis in young adults. Strong and Richards (1976) described ..."

7. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"We investigated the relationship between cigarette smoking and atherosclerosis of the hypogastric-cavernous arterial bed by evaluating arteriograms of young ..."

8. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Myocardial infarction has been associated with coronary arterial atherosclerosis in rhesus macaques fed atherogenic diets. Healed, healing, and acute ..."

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