atherosclerotic

English

Etymology

From athero- +‎ sclerotic.

Adjective

atherosclerotic (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with atherosclerosis.
   • 2007, Courtney M. Townsend, Sabiston Textbook of Surgery‎^[1]:

     Orificial atherosclerotic lesions are much less likely to respond to balloon dilation alone because they are essentially composed of aortic plaque, which cannot be effectively cracked and remodeled in a durable manner by a balloon alone.

Derived terms

• antiatherosclerotic
• neoatherosclerotic
• nonatherosclerotic
• preatherosclerotic
• proatherosclerotic

Translations

of or pertaining to atherosclerosis

• French: athérosclérosique
• Interlingua: atherosclerotic
• Irish: aitéiriscléaróiseach
• Italian: aterosclerotico
• Portuguese: aterosclerótico
• Spanish: aterosclerótico

Interlingua

Adjective

atherosclerotic (not comparable)

1. atherosclerotic