粥じゅく状じょう硬こう化か

noun, noun-modifying (irregular)

atherosclerosis; atherosclerotic

Medical term for the hardening and narrowing of arteries due to plaque buildup. Used as a noun or prenominally.

• 粥じゅく状じょう硬こう化かは動どう脈みゃくの壁かべにコレステロールなどがたまる病びょう気きです。

  Atherosclerosis is a disease in which cholesterol and other substances build up on artery walls.

• 医い者しゃは粥じゅく状じょう硬こう化かの進しん行こうを抑おさえる治ち療りょうを始はじめた。

  The doctor started treatment to slow the progression of atherosclerosis.