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CARDIOSCLEROSIS

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Definitions of CARDIOSCLEROSIS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A condition of fibrous, or connective tissue, overgrowth in the heart muscle and endocardium, associated usually with similar degenerative changes in the arteries.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Induration of the muscular substance of the heart from an increase of connective tissue as in chronic interstitial myocarditis. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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