[ath-uh-roh-muh] 
[-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. |
rōma, equiv. to athr(ē) gruel + -ōma -oma 
[ath-uh-rom-uh-tuhs, -roh-muh-] , adjective | 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. |
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.
