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ath⋅er⋅o⋅ma

  [ath-uh-roh-muh]
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–noun, plural -mas, -ma⋅ta  [-muh-tuh] . Pathology.
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.
Origin:
1700–10; < NL, L: a tumor filled with gruellike matter < Gk athrōma, equiv. to athr(ē) gruel + -ōma -oma

Related forms:
ath⋅er⋅om⋅a⋅tous  [ath-uh-rom-uh-tuhs, -roh-muh-] , adjective
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ath·er·o·ma   (āth'ə-rō'mə)   
n.   pl. ath·er·o·mas or ath·er·o·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
A deposit or degenerative accumulation of lipid-containing plaques on the innermost layer of the wall of an artery.

[Latin athērōma, tumor full of pus that is like gruel, from Greek, from athēra, gruel.]
ath'er·o·ma·to'sis (-tō'sĭs) n., ath'er·om'a·tous (-rŏm'ə-təs, -rō'mə-) adj.
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Main Entry: ath·er·o·ma
Pronunciation: "ath-&-'rO-m&
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural ath·er·o·mas also ath·er·o·ma·ta /-m&t-&/
1 : fatty degeneration of the inner coat of thearteries
2 : an abnormal fatty deposit in an artery —ath·er·o·ma·tous /-'rO-m&t-&s/ adjective
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atheroma ath·er·o·ma (āth'ə-rō'mə)
n. pl. ath·er·o·mas or ath·er·o·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
A deposit or degenerative accumulation of lipid-containing plaques on the innermost layer of the wall of an artery.

ath'er·o·ma·to'sis (-tō'sĭs) n.
ath'er·om'a·tous (-rŏm'ə-təs, -rō'mə-) adj.

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