atheroma

[ath-uh-roh-muh]

noun

Pathology.

plural

atheromas, atheromata 

1. a sebaceous cyst.

2. a mass of yellowish fatty and cellular material that forms in and beneath the inner lining of the arterial walls.

atheroma

/ ˌæθəˈrəʊmə, -ˈrəʊ-, ˌæθəˈrɒmətəs /

noun

1. pathol a fatty deposit on or within the inner lining of an artery, often causing an obstruction to the blood flow

Other Word Forms

• atheromatous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of atheroma¹

1700–10; < New Latin, Latin: a tumor filled with gruellike matter < Greek athḗrōma, equivalent to athḗr ( ē ) gruel + -ōma -oma

Word History and Origins

Origin of atheroma¹

C18: via Latin from Greek athērōma tumour full of matter resembling gruel, from athēra gruel

Example Sentences

It has been met with in cases of cardiac dilatation, aortic atheroma, cerebral hemorrhage, tubercular meningitis, and ur�mia.

From Project Gutenberg

Simple atheroma must not be confused with the lesions of arteriosclerosis.

From Project Gutenberg

In an early clinical study of human atheroma specimens from four patients, we found that ICG colocalized with plaque macrophages and lipids.

From Science Magazine

It is a very common result of endocarditis extending into the aorta, which we find perhaps the most frequent seat of atheroma.

From Project Gutenberg

To this stage in the process the term atheroma is applied.

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