induration of the arteries

1. 1.

   sclerosis of the arterial walls

   Synonymsarteriosclerosisarterial sclerosishardening of the arteriescoronary-artery disease

   Broadersclerosis

   Narroweratherosclerosisarteriosclerosis obliterans

Questions about induration of the arteries

What does induration of the arteries mean?

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

What is another word for induration of the arteries?

Close synonyms include arteriosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, hardening 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 induration of the arteries a common word?

induration 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.