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Origin and history of arteriosclerosis

arteriosclerosis(n.)

"hardening of the arteries," 1885, medical Latin, from arterio- + sclerosis.

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"a hardening," especially "morbid hardening of the tissue," late 14c., from Medieval Latin sclerosis "a hardness, hard tumor," from Greek sklērosis "hardening," from sklēros "hard" (see sclero-). Also see -osis. Figurative use, "excessive resistance to change," is by 1954.

word-forming element meaning "arterial," from Latinized form of Greek arteria "windpipe; artery" (see artery).

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to raise, lift, hold suspended." 

It might form all or part of: aerate; aeration; aerial; aero-; aerobics; aerophyte; aerosol; air (n.1) "invisible gases that surround the earth;" airy; aorta; anaerobic; aria; arterial; arterio-; arteriosclerosis; arteriole; artery; aura; malaria; meteor

It might also be the source of: Greek aerein "to lift, raise up;" Lithuanian svarus "heavy," sverti "to lift, weigh;" Old English swar, Old Norse svarr, Old High German swar, German schwer "heavy."

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