noun

• The thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, occurring typically in old age.

  Also called hardening of the arteries

  ‘We also excluded patients with diabetes mellitus, arteriosclerosis, and those receiving anticoagulant medication.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The feel of the artery itself may suggest whether its wall has normal resilience, or is hardened and thickened by arteriosclerosis.’
  • ‘Most genetically predisposed diseases are not rare conditions limited to small numbers of families; they encompass a wide spectrum of common diseases like diabetes, arteriosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and many cancers.’
  • ‘Another possible cause of impaired lung function could be increased sclerosis of bronchial arteries as a consequence of generalized arteriosclerosis in diabetes.’
  • ‘Unfortunately, some people with arteriosclerosis or atherosclerosis have no symptoms until one or more arteries are so hardened that they cause a medical emergency.’