arteriosclerosis

English

Etymology

From arterio- +‎ sclerosis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊskləˈrəʊsɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹˌtɪɹioʊskləˈroʊsəs/

Noun

arteriosclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural arterioscleroses)

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

Derived terms

• antiarteriosclerosis

 

Related terms

• atherosclerosis

Translations

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

• Albanian: arteriosklerozë (sq)
• Belarusian: артэрыясклеро́з m (arteryjaskljeróz)
• Catalan: arteriosclerosi (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動脈硬化／动脉硬化 (zh) (dòngmài yìnghuà)

• Czech: arterioskleróza (cs) f, kornatění n
• Dutch: arteriosclerose (nl) f
• Finnish: valtimonkovettumatauti
• French: artériosclérose (fr) f
• Galician: arteriosclerose (gl) f
• German: Arteriosklerose (de) f
• Hawaiian: aʻahaʻapupū
• Hindi: धमनीकाठिन्य (dhamnīkāṭhinya)
• Icelandic: æðakölkun (is) f
• Italian: arteriosclerosi (it) f
• Japanese: 動脈硬化症 (どうみゃくこうかしょう, dōmyakukōkashō)
• Korean: 동맥 경화증 (dongmaek gyeonghwajeung)
• Latvian: artēriju skleroze f, asinsvadu skleroze f
• Polish: arterioskleroza (pl) f, miażdżyca (pl) f
• Portuguese: arteriosclerose (pt) f
• Romanian: arterioscleroză (ro) f
• Russian: артериосклеро́з (ru) m (artɛrioskleróz)
• Spanish: arteriosclerosis (es) f
• Swedish: arterioskleros (sv) c
• Turkish: arteriyoskleroz
• Ukrainian: артеріосклеро́з (uk) m (arterioskleróz)
• Vietnamese: xơ vữa động mạch

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾteɾjoskleˈɾosis/ [aɾ.t̪e.ɾjos.kleˈɾo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: ar‧te‧rios‧cle‧ro‧sis

Noun

arteriosclerosis f (plural arteriosclerosis)

1. arteriosclerosis

Related terms

• arteriosclerótico

 

Further reading

• “arteriosclerosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16