: sclerosis sense 1
hardening of the arteries
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The agency also has a low-cost retrofit list for homeowners interested in home hardening.
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 15 Jan. 2025
Safer Stuff Pittman reports that women nationwide are clamoring for Motiva, the new implants approved in September by the FDA that are more biocompatible, meaning there’s less risk of rupture or capsular contraction that results in hardening.
—Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Nov. 2024
Arteriosclerosis is the thickening and hardening of artery walls, often due to aging.
—Anisha Shah, Verywell Health, 1 Jan. 2025
The wafers came into the upper chamber with a pattern exposed onto the resist and underwent a series of processing steps that included development, hardening, etching, and others, as indicated.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2024
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 15 Jan. 2025
Safer Stuff Pittman reports that women nationwide are clamoring for Motiva, the new implants approved in September by the FDA that are more biocompatible, meaning there’s less risk of rupture or capsular contraction that results in hardening.
—Beth Landman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Nov. 2024
Arteriosclerosis is the thickening and hardening of artery walls, often due to aging.
—Anisha Shah, Verywell Health, 1 Jan. 2025
The wafers came into the upper chamber with a pattern exposed onto the resist and underwent a series of processing steps that included development, hardening, etching, and others, as indicated.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Hardening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hardening. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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hardening
noun
hard·en·ing
ˈhärd-niŋ, -ᵊn-iŋ 
: sclerosis sense 1
hardening of the arteries
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