thickening

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The team found that visceral fat was consistently associated with plaque buildup and artery wall thickening, while liver fat had a smaller but still important effect.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2025

They gather shortly after daybreak outside a minimarket, the tropical heat thickening, the dawn haze in lethargic retreat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

I had been living my life for nearly four years with no cartilage in my hip, bone scraping bone, bone spurs forming and joint thickening.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024

Some developed a thickening of their womb linings, a potential precursor to cancer.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024

Steam was thickening, blurring the outline of Worm- tail tending the fire.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling