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arteriosclerosis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊskləˈrəʊsɪs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɑɹˌtɪɹioʊskləˈroʊsəs/
  • CMU ARPABET: AA0 R T IH2 R IY0 OW0 S K L ER0 OW1 S AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

sclerosis of the arterial walls

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arterial sclerosis, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries, coronary-artery disease

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sclerosis, induration

Narrower terms: atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, arteriosclerosis obliterans

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā)bor. Latin artēria Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā) English arteri- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English arterio- English sclerosis English arteriosclerosis From arterio- + sclerosis.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: arteriosklerozë — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Belarusian: артэрыясклеро́з (arteryjaskljeróz) — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Catalan: arteriosclerosi — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 動脈硬化 /动脉硬化 (dòngmài yìnghuà) — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Czech: arterioskleróza — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Czech: kornatění — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Dutch: arteriosclerose — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Finnish: valtimonkovettumatauti — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • French: artériosclérose — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Galician: arteriosclerose — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • German: Arteriosklerose — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Hawaiian: aʻahaʻapupū — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Hindi: धमनीकाठिन्य (dhamnīkāṭhinya) — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Hungarian: arterioszklerózis — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Icelandic: æðakölkun — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Indonesian: arteriosklerosis — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Italian: arteriosclerosi — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Japanese: 動脈硬化症 (dōmyakukōkashō) — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Korean: 동맥 경화증 (dongmaek gyeonghwajeung) — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Latvian: artēriju skleroze — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Latvian: asinsvadu skleroze — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Polish: arterioskleroza — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Polish: miażdżyca — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Portuguese: arteriosclerose — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Romanian: arterioscleroză — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Russian: артериосклеро́з (artɛrioskleróz) — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Spanish: arteriosclerosis — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Swedish: arterioskleros — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Turkish: arteriyoskleroz — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Ukrainian: артеріосклеро́з (arterioskleróz) — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
  • Vietnamese: xơ vữa động mạch — hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel