Usually means: Hardening and narrowing of arteries.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. atherosclerosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. atherosclerosis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. atherosclerosis: Collins English Dictionary
  4. atherosclerosis: Vocabulary.com
  5. Atherosclerosis, atherosclerosis: Wordnik
  6. atherosclerosis: Wiktionary
  7. atherosclerosis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. atherosclerosis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. atherosclerosis: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. atherosclerosis: Dictionary.com
  11. Atherosclerosis (journal), Atherosclerosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. atherosclerosis: Rhymezone
  13. atherosclerosis: FreeDictionary.org
  14. atherosclerosis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. atherosclerosis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. atherosclerosis, atherosclerosis: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. atherosclerosis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. atherosclerosis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Atherosclerosis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. atherosclerosis: Natural Health glossary
  7. Atherosclerosis: Merck Manuals
  8. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  10. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  11. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)
  12. Atherosclerosis: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  13. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  14. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  15. atherosclerosis: Medical dictionary
  16. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  17. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
  18. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)
  19. Atherosclerosis: Drug Medical Dictionary
  20. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. atherosclerosis: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (atherosclerosis)

noun:  (pathology) The clogging or hardening of arteries or blood vessels caused by plaques (accumulations of fatty deposits, usually cholesterol).

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