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Atherosclerosis is obliterating

Atherosclerosis obliterating (atherosclerosis obliterans; Greek athere – liquid porridge, gruel, adjournment of soft, pasty substances + Greek sklerosis – consolidation, hardening; synonyms: occlusion of vessels sclerous, arteriosclerosis obliterating) – a kind of atherosclerosis of which sharp narrowing or full closing of a gleam of arteries is characteristic. As a rule, atherosclerosis obliterating is observed in arteries of the lower extremities, kidneys, hearts and ekstrakranialny departments of vessels of a brain.

 
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