noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊskləˈrəʊsɪs/
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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
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