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antiatherosclerosis

antiatherosclerosis adjective: countering atherosclerosis.

Adjective

antiatherosclerosis (not comparable)

  1. Countering atherosclerosis.
    • We see that gain- and loss-of-function studies of miR-126 result in significant changes in the expression of several cytokines by HUVEC that suggest flow might have anti-inflammatory and antiatherosclerosis effect on the endothelium of the systemic circulation.2015 July 21, Xiao-Bo Liao et al., “MicroRNA and Cardiovascular Disease”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin of antiatherosclerosis

From anti- + atherosclerosis.

Questions about antiatherosclerosis

What does antiatherosclerosis mean?
Antiatherosclerosis means countering atherosclerosis.
What part of speech is antiatherosclerosis?
Antiatherosclerosis is an adjective.

Words near antiatherosclerosis in the dictionary

  1. antiatheistic
  2. antiatheists
  3. antiatherogenic
  4. antiatherogenicity
  5. antiatheromatic
  6. antiatherosclerosis
  7. antiatherosclerotic
  8. antiatherosclerotics
  9. antiatherothrombotic
  10. antiathletic
  11. antiatom

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