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arteriosclerosis
noun
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Word History
borrowed from French artériosclerose, from artério- arterio- + sclerose sclerosis
Note: The term was introduced by the German-born French physician Jean Frédéric Lobstein (1777-1835) in Traité d'anatomie pathologique, tome second (Paris, 1833), p. 550.
1860, in the meaning defined above
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“Arteriosclerosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arteriosclerosis. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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