Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hardening_of_the_arteries

1 sense of hardening of the arteries

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)