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arteriosclerosis

/ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊskləˈrəʊsɪs/US/ɑɹˌtɪɹioʊskləˈroʊsəs/

arteriosclerosis noun: hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels.

Noun

arteriosclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural arterioscleroses)

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

arteriosclerosis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Indonesian

arteriosclerosis in Hindi

hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
धमनीकाठिन्य dhamnīkāṭhinya

arteriosclerosis in Tamil

தமனித்தடிப்பு, நாடிகளின் இறுக்கம்

arteriosclerosis in Bengali

ধমনী কঠিনীভবন

arteriosclerosis in Indonesian

hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel
arteriosklerosis
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arteriosclerosis in Vietnamese
xơ vữa động mạch

Forms of arteriosclerosis

pluralarterioscleroses

Origin of arteriosclerosis

From arterio- + sclerosis.

Words formed from arteriosclerosis

Questions about arteriosclerosis

What does arteriosclerosis mean?
Arteriosclerosis means hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels.
What is arteriosclerosis in Hindi?
Arteriosclerosis in Hindi is धमनीकाठिन्य (dhamnīkāṭhinya). See Arteriosclerosis meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is arteriosclerosis?
Arteriosclerosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce arteriosclerosis?
Arteriosclerosis is pronounced /ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊskləˈrəʊsɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of arteriosclerosis?
The plural of arteriosclerosis is arterioscleroses.

Words near arteriosclerosis in the dictionary

  1. arteriopuncture
  2. arteriopunctures
  3. arteriorrhaphies
  4. arteriorrhaphy
  5. arterioscleroses
  6. arteriosclerosis
  7. arteriosclerotic
  8. arteriosclerotics
  9. arteriospasm
  10. arteriospasms
  11. arteriostenosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arteriosclerosis (page history and authors); arteriosclerosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arteriosclerosis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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