atheroma

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin athērōma (“tumor full of gruel-like matter”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀθήρωμα (athḗrōma).

Noun

atheroma (plural atheromas or atheromata)

1. (pathology) An abnormal fatty deposit which develops within the walls of arteries.
2. (pathology, obsolete) A kind of cyst on the scalp.

Synonyms

• plaque
• atherosis

Derived terms

• atheromasia
• atheromatic
• atheromatosis
• atheromatous
• atheromic
• fibroatheroma
• microatheroma
• proatheroma

 

Translations

abnormal fatty deposit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粥樣化／粥样化, 粥样化 (zhōuyànghuà)

• Czech: aterom m
• Finnish: valtimonrasvoittuma, aterooma (fi)
• French: athérome (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Atherom n
• Greek: αθήρωμα (el) n (athíroma)
• Italian: ateroma (it) f, placca (it) f, cisti sebacea f
• Japanese: アテローム (aterōmu)
• Russian: атеро́ма (ru) f (ateróma), бля́шка (ru) f (bljáška)

See also

• atherogenesis
• atherosclerosis