hardening of the arteries

Questions about hardening of the arteries

What does hardening of the arteries mean?

hardening of the arteries means "sclerosis of the arterial walls".

What is another word for hardening of the arteries?

Close synonyms include arteriosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, induration of the arteries, coronary-artery disease. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hardening of the arteries a common word?

hardening of the arteries is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.