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phlebosclerotic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌflɛboʊsklɪəˈɹɒtɪk/

Etymology

From phlebosclerosis + -ic, itself from international scientific vocabulary components: • Ancient Greek φλέψ (phléps, “vein”) (stem: φλεβ- (phleb-)) + • Ancient Greek σκλήρωσις (sklḗrōsis, “hardening”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to, characterized by, or affected with phlebosclerosis (pathological hardening of vein walls).

Relateds

sclerosis · phlebo- · phlebosclerosis · arteriosclerotic · sclerotic · venosclerotic