Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coronary-artery_disease

1 sense of coronary-artery disease

Sense 1
arteriosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries, coronary-artery disease -- (sclerosis of the arterial walls)
       => sclerosis, induration -- (any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue)


1 sense of coronary artery disease

Sense 1
atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease -- (a stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries)
       => arteriosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries, coronary-artery disease -- (sclerosis of the arterial walls)