ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteriolosclerosis mean? 

• ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS (noun)
  The noun ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS has 1 sense:

1. sclerosis of the arterioles

  Familiarity information: ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sclerosis of the arterioles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("arteriolosclerosis" is a kind of...):

induration; sclerosis (any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue)

 Context examples 

Additional forms of arteriosclerosis involve calcification of the media of muscular arteries (Monkeberg medial calcific sclerosis) and thickening of the walls of small arteries or arterioles due to cell proliferation or hyaline deposition (arteriolosclerosis).

(Arteriosclerosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)