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ath·er·o·ma A0496200 (ăth′ə-rō′mə)n. pl. ath·er·o·mas or ath·er·o·ma·ta (-mə-tə) A lipid-containing lesion that forms on the innermost layer of the wall of an artery in atherosclerosis; a plaque.
[Latin athērōma, tumor full of pus that is like gruel, from Greek, from athēra, gruel, variant of atharē, gruel, perhaps of Egyptian origin, or perhaps from an Indo-European adstrate source akin to Hittite ḫattar, a kind of grain or pulse, and Latin ador, emmer.]
ath′er·o·ma·to′sis (-tō′sĭs) n.ath′er·om′a·tous (-rŏm′ə-təs, -rō′mə-) adj.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | atheromatous - of or relating to or resembling atheroma; "atheromatous degeneration of the arteries"atheromatic |
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ath·er·om·a·tous (ath'er-ō'mă-tŭs), Relating to or affected by atheroma.ath·er·om·a·tous (ath'ĕr-ō'mă-tŭs) Relating to or affected by atheroma. atheroma (ath?e-ro'ma) plural.atheromata [ athero- + -oma] Fatty degeneration or thickening of the walls of the larger arteries occurring in atherosclerosis. See: arteriosclerosisatheromatous (-o'mat-us), adjectiveatheromatousenUK
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