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atheroma (iou)



atheroma noun. . L16.
[Latin from Greek atheroma, from athere = athare groats: see -OMA.]
Medicine.
A sebaceous cyst. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
A deposit or the deposition of fatty material on the inside surface of an artery. Cf. ATHEROSCLEROSIS. L19.
atheromatous adjective of the nature of or characterized by atheroma L17.