atheroma

American  

[ath-uh-roh-muh] / ˌæθ əˈroʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.

atheromas, plural atheromata plural

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.

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atheroma British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• atheromatous
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• atheromas
  plural
• atheromata
  plural

Etymology

Origin of atheroma

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

Example Sentences

Atheroma in the vessels of the brain is a frequent cause of cerebral apoplexy.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

They are the Steatoma, the Atheroma, the Meliceris, the Wen, the Bronchocele, and the Scrophula or King's-Evil.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Atheroma is a direct result of an existing chronic endarteritis, the lining membrane of the vessels being invariably involved to a greater or less degree.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Atheroma, ath′er-ō-ma, n. a name formerly applied to cysts on the scalp, with contents of the consistence of porridge, but now only used of a common form of inflammation of arteries.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Atheroma may affect arteries in any part of the body; in some instances almost every vessel is diseased, in others only a few, or even parts of one vessel.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.