Arteriosclerosis v. Atherosclerosis

It was just brought to my attention that there might be some confusion between arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis. These words are often misspelled in the records. We've told you to spell arteriosclerosis correctly, regardless of how it's spelled on the document. We don't want you to see atherosclerosis and assume it is a misspelling of arteriosclerosis. It is not. Atherosclerosis is a form of arteriosclerosis, but you should not use the words interchangeably. If you're not sure which word it is, ask.

In summary, these are two different words and should not be confused:

• arteriosclerosis
• atherosclerosis