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The medical term for hardening and narrowing of the arteries caused by a buildup of cholesterol plaque is atherosclerosis. This condition can lead to reduced blood flow, increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Lifestyle changes and medications are often prescribed to manage atherosclerosis.
Coronary artery disease caused by atherosclerosis
Constriction is the medical term meaning normal, physiologic narrowing. Stenosis is the medical term meaning abnormal narrowing.
Mitral stenosis is the medical term meaning narrowing of the mitral valve.
Bronchostenosis is abnormal narrowing of the bronchus.
Stenosis means narrowing and proximal means closer to the body.
Inguinal
Atherosclerosis is the narrowing and hardening of arteries due to cholesterol plaques.
Narrowing of the blood vessels is called atherosclerosis.
Gastrostenesis
Medical term which means pertaining to the groin and thigh or femur.
urethrostenosis The -stenosis word ending is related to stenographer which literally means "one who writes narrowly". Stenographers write in shorthand or a constricted way.