单词 | atheroma |
释义 | ath·er·o·ma (ăth′ə-rōmə) n. pl. ath·er·o·mas or ath·er·o·ma·ta (-mə-tə) A lipid-containing lesion that forms on the innermost layer of the wall of an artery in atherosclerosis; a plaque. [Latin athērōma, tumor full of pus that is like gruel, from Greek, from athēra, gruel, variant of atharē, gruel, perhaps of Egyptian origin, or perhaps from an Indo-European adstrate source akin to Hittite ḫattar, a kind of grain or pulse, and Latin ador, emmer.] ath′er·o·ma·tosis (-tōsĭs) n. ath′er·oma·tous (-rŏmə-təs, -rōmə-) adj. |
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