arteriosclerosis

From arterio- +‎ sclerosis.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˌtɪəɹɪəʊskləˈrəʊsɪs/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹˌtɪɹioʊskləˈroʊsəs/

arteriosclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural arterioscleroses)

1. (pathology) Hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessels.

• atherosclerosis

From artērio- +‎ sclērōsis.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ar.teː.ri.ɔs.kɫeːˈroː.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ar.te.ri.os.kleˈrɔː.s̬is]

artēriosclērōsis f (genitive artēriosclērōsis or artēriosclērōseōs or artēriosclērōsios); third declension

1. (New Latin) arteriosclerosis

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

• IPA^(key): /aɾteɾjoskleˈɾosis/ [aɾ.t̪e.ɾjos.kleˈɾo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: ar‧te‧rios‧cle‧ro‧sis

arteriosclerosis f (plural arteriosclerosis)

1. arteriosclerosis

• “arteriosclerosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025