atherosclerotic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English athero- English scler(a) Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikós)der. Latin -ōticusder. French -otiquebor. English -otic English sclerotic English atherosclerotic From athero- + sclerotic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with atherosclerosis.
Orificial atherosclerotic lesions are much less likely to respond to balloon dilation alone because they are essentially composed of aortic plaque, which cannot be effectively cracked and remodeled in a durable manner by a balloon alone.
2007, Courtney M. Townsend, Sabiston Textbook of Surgery:
Deriveds
proatherosclerotic · neoatherosclerotic · antiatherosclerotic · preatherosclerotic · nonatherosclerotic
Translations (10)
el αθηροσκληρωτικός (of or pertaining to atherosclerosis) · ga aitéiriscléaróiseach (of or pertaining to atherosclerosis) · pt aterosclerótico (of or pertaining to atherosclerosis) · uk атеросклероти́чний (of or pertaining to atherosclerosis) · es aterosclerótico (of or pertaining to atherosclerosis) · it aterosclerotico (of or pertaining to atherosclerosis) · ru атеросклероти́ческий (of or pertaining to atherosclerosis) · cs aterosklerotický (of or pertaining to atherosclerosis) · ia atherosclerotic (of or pertaining to atherosclerosis) · fr athérosclérosique (of or pertaining to atherosclerosis)