Recent Examples on the WebOn Thursday, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office confirmed that Stevens died of natural causes due to arteriosclerosis cardiovascular disease. Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 3 Feb. 2022 Estrogen also has some protective effect against the development of blockages of the arteries (arteriosclerosis). Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2022 The cause was arteriosclerosis, said his partner, Jan Meissner, a photographer.New York Times, 24 May 2021 Two participants died, one from arteriosclerosis, one from cardiac arrest. Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2020 Its scientists are also studying other potential aging culprits, such as the cross-links that form between proteins and cause problems like arteriosclerosis. Elmo Keep, Smithsonian, 29 June 2017 Its scientists are also studying other potential aging culprits, such as the cross-links that form between proteins and cause problems like arteriosclerosis. Elmo Keep, Smithsonian, 29 June 2017 Its scientists are also studying other potential aging culprits, such as the cross-links that form between proteins and cause problems like arteriosclerosis. Elmo Keep, Smithsonian, 29 June 2017 Its scientists are also studying other potential aging culprits, such as the cross-links that form between proteins and cause problems like arteriosclerosis. Elmo Keep, Smithsonian, 29 June 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French artériosclerose, from artério-arterio- + sclerosesclerosis
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.