atherosclerosis

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  The clogging or hardening of arteries or blood vessels caused by plaques (accumulations of fatty deposits, usually cholesterol).

Usage notes
Atherosclerosis is easily confused with arteriosclerosis or hardening of arteries, for which atherosclerosis is one of the most common causes.

Translations

 * Catalan: aterosclerosi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: aterosklerose
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, verisuonten kalkkeutuminen, valtimotauti
 * French:
 * Icelandic: fituhrörnun slagæða
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh: атеросклероз
 * Kyrgyz: атеросклероз
 * Latvian: ateroskleroze
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: aterosklerose
 * Nynorsk: aterosklerose
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ateroesclerosis
 * Swedish:, åderförfettning,
 * Tamil: தமனிக்கூழ்மைத் தடிப்பு
 * Ukrainian: