atherosclerosis
Meaning of atherosclerosis
noun
The clogging or hardening of arteries or blood vessels caused by plaques (accumulations of fatty deposits, usually cholesterol).
Information about atherosclerosis
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of atherosclerosis
ath-er-o-scle-ro-sis
- It consists of 6 syllables and 15 chars.
- atherosclerosis is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Translation of atherosclerosis
- French: athérosclérose
- German: Arteriosklerose
- Spanish: aterosclerosis
- Italian: aterosclerosi
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