1) Nephroangiosclerosis 
hardening of the walls of the small arteries and arterioles (small arteries that convey blood from arteries to the even smaller capillaries) of the ...
Hardening (sclerosis) of the kidney usually due to disease of the blood vessels in it from atherosclerosis. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
(nef″ro-sklә-ro´sis) hardening of the kidney, usually associated with hypertension and disease of the renal arterioles. It is characterized as benign or malignant depending on the severity and rapidity of the hypertension and arteriolar changes. arteriolar nephrosclerosis ...
Type: Term Pronunciation: nef′rō-sklĕ-rō′sis Definitions: 1. Fibrosis of the kidney from overgrowth and contraction of the interstitial connective tissue.
Nephrosclerosis: Hardening (sclerosis) of the kidney usually due to disease of the blood vessels in it from atherosclerosis.
Scarring of kidney tissue; a principal cause of the normal, progressive deterioration of kidney function that accompanies aging.
[n] - kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension
the replacement of normal kidney structures with scar tissue 
nephroangiosclerosis noun kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure