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adj. - Affected by a chronic disease of the tubular branching vessels (that carry blood from the heart) characterized by abnormal thickening and hardening of the vessel walls resulting in loss of elasticity

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  • "We seem to be living in a time of arteriosclerotic orthodoxy," Mr. Buckley said.
  • Last year, just before my wedding, my father died suddenly of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
  • Punk rock was many things, but it was also a howl of protest against a repressive, arteriosclerotic society ripe for renovation.
  • Thus, in patients with arteriosclerotic stenosis of the arteries of the legs, the severe pain is often relieved or abolished by prostaglandins.
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