Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, is a condition in which plaque builds up inside the arteries. Plaque is made of cholesterol, fatty substances, cellular waste products, calcium and fibrin (a clotting material in the blood). Atherosclerosis is a type of arteriosclerosis.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In law, comity is a practice among different political entities (as countries, states, or courts of different jurisdictions) involving the mutual recognition of legislative, executive, and judicial acts.. 1 International law.
Definition of discontinuity. 1  1 : lack of continuity or cohesion. 2  2 : gap 5. 3  3a : the property of being not mathematically continuous a point of discontinuityb : an instance of being not mathematically continuous; especially : a value of an independent variable at which a function is not continuous.