Atheroma Definition
ăthə-rōmə
atheromas, atheromata
noun
A deposit or degenerative accumulation of lipid-containing plaques on the innermost layer of the wall of an artery.
American Heritage
A condition marked by deposits of small fatty nodules on the inner walls of the arteries, often accompanied by degeneration of the affected areas; also, such a nodule or arterial plaque.
Webster's New World
A lipid-containing lesion that forms on the innermost layer of the wall of an artery in atherosclerosis; a plaque.
American Heritage Medicine
(pathology) An abnormal fatty deposit which develops within the walls of arteries.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Atheroma
Noun
Singular:
atheromaPlural:
atheromas, atheromataOrigin of Atheroma
Latin athērōma tumor full of pus that is like gruel from Greek from athēra gruel
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin athērōma (“tumor full of gruel-like matter”), from ἀθήρωμα (athērōma).
From Wiktionary
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