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anopheles(medicine)
anopheles(dictionary)
Anopheles minimus(medicine)
Anopheles pseudopunctipennis(medicine)
Anopheles quadrimaculatus(medicine)
Anopheles stephensi(medicine)
Anopheles sundaicus(medicine)
Anopheles superpictus(medicine)
Anopheles maculipennis(medicine)

Atherosclerosis (medicine) and anopheles (iou)


Atherosclerosis (medicine)


atherosclerosis
<cardiology, pathology> The progressive narrowing and hardening of the arteries over time.

This is known to occur to some degree with aging, but Other risk factors that accelerate this process have been identified.

These factors include: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and family history for atherosclerotic disease.


anopheles (iou)



anopheles noun. Pl. same. L19.
[mod. Latin from Greek anopheles unprofitable, useless.]
A mosquito of the genus Anopheles, which includes species that carry the parasites of malaria and Other diseases.
anopheline adjective & noun (pertaining to or designating) a mosquito of a group that contains this genus but not Culex E20.