Arterial nephrosclerosis


arterial nephrosclerosis

arterial nephrosclerosis or ar·te·ri·o·neph·ro·scle·ro·sis (är-tēr’ē-ō-něf’rō-sklə-rō’sĭs)
n.
patchy atrophic scarring of the kidney due to arteriosclerotic narrowing of the lumens of large branches of the renal artery; it occurs in the aged or in hypertensive persons and occasionally causes hypertension.

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