INDURATION OF THE ARTERIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does induration of the arteries mean? 

• INDURATION OF THE ARTERIES (noun)
  The noun INDURATION OF THE ARTERIES has 1 sense:

1. sclerosis of the arterial walls

  Familiarity information: INDURATION OF THE ARTERIES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDURATION OF THE ARTERIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sclerosis of the arterial walls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

arterial sclerosis; arteriosclerosis; coronary-artery disease; hardening of the arteries; induration of the arteries

Hypernyms ("induration of the arteries" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "induration of the arteries"):

atherosclerosis; coronary artery disease (a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries)

arteriosclerosis obliterans (a stage of arteriosclerosis involving closure of blood vessels)