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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ar·te·rio·scle·ro·sis /ɑrˌtɪrioskləˈrosəs/
 動脈硬化

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ar·te·rio·scle·ro·sis /ɑrˌtɪrɪoskləˈrosəs/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ar·te·ri·o·scle·ro·sis n.  Med. a chronic disease characterized by abnormal thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, esp. of the intima, occurring mostly in old age.  Subtypes are distinguished, such as arteriolosclerosis and atherosclerosis. -- Ar*te*ri*o*scle*rot*ic a.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 arteriosclerosis
      n : sclerosis of the arterial walls [syn: arterial sclerosis,
          hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries,
           coronary-artery disease]
      [also: arterioscleroses (pl)]