Bulging yellow mass or "plaque" that forms within the walls lining the arteries Atheromas (ITALIAN, porridge) contain a mix of fat, cholesterol, inflammatory cells, and fibrous scar tissue and, when deposited on the inner wall of an artery, reduce its inner diameter
lesion produced in intima of arteries with focal accumulation of lipids, complex carbohydrates, proteins, blood and blood products, fibrous tissue and calcium deposits and associated with changes in media
fat deposited in the wall of medium and larger sized arteries, Associated with the laying down of calcium and fibrous tissue, causing narrowing of the artery Atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis are often used interchangeably
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[ "a-th&-'rO-m& ] (noun.) 1875. New Latin atheromat-, atheroma, from Latin, a tumor containing matter resembling gruel, from Greek athErOma, from athEra gruel.