| arteriosclerotic | Relating to or affected by arteriosclerosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| arteriosclerotic aneurysm | The most common type of aneurysm, occurring in the abdominal aorta and other large arteries, primarily in the elderly. Synonym: atherosclerotic aneurysm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteriosclerotic gangrene | Dry gangrene resulting from sclerotic changes in the arteries, with subsequent occlusion, as in the aged. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteriosclerotic kidney | A kidney in which there is sclerosis of arterial vessels larger than arterioles. Such kidney's are usually not significantly reduced in size, but are likely to be paler than usual; the capsular surface may be marked by a few, possibly several, conical, relatively deep V-shaped scars that result from fibrosis and ischemic atrophy of the region supplied by the affected vessel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteriosclerotic psychosis | Psychotic disturbance in elderly persons suffering from cerebral arteriosclerosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteriosclerotic retinopathy | Retinopathy distinguished by attenuated retinal arterioles with increased tortuosity, copper-or silver-wire appearance, perivascular sheathing, irregularity of lumen and scattered small haemorrhages, and small, sharp-edged deposits without surrounding oedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy | One of the causes of multiinfarct dementia, in which there are many infarcts and lacunes in the white matter, with relative sparing of the cortex and basal ganglia. Synonym: Binswanger's encephalopathy, encephalitis subcorticalis chronica, subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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