atheroma
əˈroʊ noun, plural ath·er·o·mas, ath·er·o·ma·ta 
[ath-uh-roh-muh-tuh] . Pathology.
[ath-uh-roh-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; < Neo-Latin, Latin: a tumor filled with gruellike matter < Greek athḗrōma, equivalent to athḗr(ē) gruel + -ōma -oma
1700–10; < Neo-Latin, Latin: a tumor filled with gruellike matter < Greek athḗrōma, equivalent to athḗr(ē) gruel + -ōma -oma
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| —n , pl -mas, -mata | |
| pathol a fatty deposit on or within the inner lining of an artery, often causing an obstruction to the blood flow | |
| [C18: via Latin from Greek athērōma tumour full of matter resembling gruel, from athēra gruel] | |
| atheromatous | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
atheroma
"encysted tumor," 1706, from L., from Gk. atheroma, from athere "groats, porridge;" in ref. to what is inside, + -oma.
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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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