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hypertensive arteriosclerosis hy·per·ten·sive ar·te·ri·o·scle·ro·sisprogressive increase in muscle and elastic tissue of arterial walls, resulting from hypertension; in longstanding hypertension, elastic tissue forms numerous concentric layers in the intima and there is replacement of muscle by collagen fibers and hyaline thickening of the intima of arterioles; such changes can develop with increasing age in the absence of hypertension and may then be referred to as senile arteriosclerosis.hy·per·ten·sive ar·ter·i·o·scle·ro·sis (hī'pĕr-ten'siv ahr-tēr'ē-ō-skler-ō'sis) Progressive increase in muscle and elastic tissue of arterial walls, resulting from hypertension; in long-standing hypertension, elastic tissue forms numerous concentric layers in the intima and there is replacement of muscle by collagen fibers and hyaline thickening of the intima of arterioles; such changes can develop with increasing age in the absence of hypertension and may then be referred to as senile arteriosclerosis. |