Preferred Name |
arteriosclerosis |
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Synonyms |
artery calcification |
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Definitions |
thickening and loss of elasticity of arterial walls; atherosclerosis is the most common form of arteriosclerosis and involves lipid deposition and thickening of the intimal cell layers within arteries; additional forms of arteriosclerosis involve calcification of the media of muscular arteries (Monkeberg medial calcific sclerosis) and thickening of the walls of small arteries or arterioles due to cell proliferation or hyaline deposition (arteriolosclerosis). |
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ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/0571-2299 |
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altLabel |
artery calcification |
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cui |
C1654638 C0003850 |
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definition |
thickening and loss of elasticity of arterial walls; atherosclerosis is the most common form of arteriosclerosis and involves lipid deposition and thickening of the intimal cell layers within arteries; additional forms of arteriosclerosis involve calcification of the media of muscular arteries (Monkeberg medial calcific sclerosis) and thickening of the walls of small arteries or arterioles due to cell proliferation or hyaline deposition (arteriolosclerosis). |
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DID |
0571-2299 |
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Inverse of RB | ||
Inverse of RN | ||
Inverse of RO |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/1749-3352 |
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notation |
0571-2299 |
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prefLabel |
arteriosclerosis |
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tui |
T046 T047 |
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subClassOf |