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

• atheromatous
  adjective

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

He did not know it but the arteries leading to his legs were clogged with a fatty cholesterol-like substance�what physicians call an atheroma.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has been met with in cases of cardiac dilatation, aortic atheroma, cerebral hemorrhage, tubercular meningitis, and ur�mia.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

To this stage in the process the term atheroma is applied.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

While a real atheroma generally causes a reduction in diastolic blood pressure, or at least but slight increase, he has found in syphilitic cases with arteriosclerosis a high diastolic pressure.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

There was a mild coronary atheroma and slight mitral valve edge thickening.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various