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Atherosclerosis (health)


Also known as arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis results from the accumulation of cholesterol-laden plaque in artery walls. Plaque accumulation causes a narrowing and a loss of elasticity of the arteries, sometimes referred to as hardening of the arteries.





wavelength (sh)




Distance between corresponding points of two consecutive waves.

"Corresponding points" refers to two points or particles that have completed identical fractions of their periodic motion. In transverse waves, wavelength is measured from crest to crest or from trough to trough. In longitudinal waves, it is measured from compression to compression or from rarefaction to rarefaction. Wavelength, ¦Ë, is equal to the speed v of a wave in a medium divided by its frequency f, or ¦Ë = v/f.