atheroma

/ath-uh-roh-muh/US // ˌæθ əˈroʊ mə //UK // (ˌæθəˈrəʊmə) //

动脉瘤,动脉硬化症,动脉硬化,动脉粥样硬化

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural ath·er·o·mas, ath·er·o·ma·ta [ath-uh-roh-muh-tuh]. /ˌæθ əˈroʊ mə tə/. Pathology.
- : a sebaceous cyst.
- : a mass of yellowish fatty and cellular material that forms in and beneath the inner lining of the arterial walls.

It has been assigned as one of the causes of early atheroma and of angina pectoris.
As a rule atheroma in the cerebral vessels is but a part of a general atheroma of all the arteries of the body.
Thus there appears to be more liability to atheroma in the gross corpulent diabetic even than in the gouty man.
The average age was 53 years, and the aorta presented some degree of atheroma in half the cases.
Shows atheroma (fatty degeneration) of the aorta, irregular heart-action, hypertrophy and enlargement of the heart.