动脉硬化

動脈硬化

dòngmàiyìnghuà

noun #42,390

Meanings

Chángqī gāoxuèyā huì dǎozhì dòngmàiyìnghuà.

Chronic high blood pressure can lead to arteriosclerosis.

Yīshēng jiànyì tā kòngzhì yǐnshí yǐ yùfáng dòngmàiyìnghuà.

The doctor advised him to control his diet to prevent arteriosclerosis.

memory

Literally 'artery + harden + -ify' — the arteries (动脉) undergoing hardening (硬化). The same 硬化 also appears in 肝硬化 (cirrhosis, liver hardening).

动 dòng

脉 mài

硬 yìng

化 huà