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Is a dangerous health condition characterized by the hardening of the arteries and a decreased blood flow?
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Arteriosclerosis is a condition of hardening of the?
Arteriosclerosis is hardening of the arteries.
High-fat diets can cause atherosclerosis a disease characterized by?
Thickening and hardening of the artery walls.
What is the breakdown of the word atherosclerosis?
Hardening of the arteries ather- condition
Is osteoclasis a pathologic condition that involves abnormal hardening of the bones?
False: osteoclasis is surgical fracture of a bone. Osteosclerosis is abnormal hardening of bone.
What condition could high cholesterol levels lead to?
Hardening of the arteries.
Is there a difference between atherosclerotic and arteriosclerotic?
Arteriosclerosis has more to do with the arteries decreased ability to expand or "give a little" as blood is forced through the artery ergo the definition "hardening of the artery" and atherosclerosis is the hardening of the arteries due the buildup of fatty materials like cholesterol.
What is the medical term for hardening of the eye?
The condition is called presbyopia.phacosclerosis
What typically results from hardening of the eye's lens?
It is a normal condition of aging, generally resulting in the need for reading glasses.
What is arthrosclerosis?
Atherosclerosis is the hardening of arterial walls due to plaque deposits. If the condition worsens and isn't treated, it can lead to a heart attack.
What is the condition resulting from hardening and opacity of the lens inwhich vision becomes hazy and may eventually cause blindness?
Cataracts
Why Strength and hardness of material are decreased by annealing?
because it removes the tempering(hardness) of the object, generally on the surface, and makes it easier to work the metal without ruining your tools or "work" hardening the surface.
Is asteriosclosis contagious?
There is no such medical condition called asteriosclosis. Perhaps you mean arteriosclerosis, which is a thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries. Arteriosclerosis is not contagious.
