| 单词 | hardening of the arteries |
| 释义 | > as lemmashardening of the arteries c. With reference to the walls of blood vessels: the process of becoming abnormally stiff or thick; the result of this process; an instance of this. Esp. in hardening of the arteries (= arteriosclerosis n. 1). Also figurative, sometimes with modifying word (cf. arteriosclerosis n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > vascular disorders > [noun] > arteriosclerosis hardening1831 arteriosclerosis1860 atheroma1875 atherosclerosis1904 1831 A. S. Doane tr. J. F. Meckel Man. Gen., Descr., & Pathol. Anat. I. 117 Bichat admits these facts, but says they do not result from contractibility; but from a horny hardening [Fr. racornissement], which is observed as well after death as during life, and that the arterial tissue never returns to its natural state, after such a contraction. 1841 Lancet 20 Feb. 769/2 He drew a distinction between those cases of phlegmasia dolens, in which there was a mere hardening of the veins, and those in which pus had formed in these canals. 1882 Lancet 5 Aug. 177/2 Here there is a permanent high blood-pressure in the arteries, leading to hypertrophy of the left ventricle, with subsequent hardening of the arteries. 1920 Times 15 Nov. 14/1 He has latterly become steadily more Conservative, less from conviction than from the hardening of his political arteries. 1932 Punch 23 Nov. p. v/1 (advt.) High-pressure living inevitably results in hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure. 1970 New Yorker 17 Oct. 171/1 These maneuvers have all added up to what one astute observer of the talks has described as ‘a hardening of the arteries’. 2008 BBC Good Food Sept. 80/1 These heart-friendly nutrients control levels of homocysteine, which has been associated with hardening of the arteries. < as lemmas |
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