atheroma

8 letters in word "atheroma": A A E H M O R T.

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• Definitions:
• An abnormal inflammatory accumulation of macrophage white blood cells within the walls of arteries. These anatomic lesions typically begin in ...
• Large build-up of fat, cholesterol and other substances on the walls of an artery, causing narrowing. Also called plaque.
• Fatty deposits that build up inside an artery and can eventually block it completely and cause a stroke.
• Abnormal fat deposits in an artery.
• 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
• (ath·er·o·ma) (ath”?r-o´m?) [Gr. ath?r?ma a tumor filled with gruellike matter, from ath?r? gruel] a mass of plaque of degenerated, thickened arterial intima occurring in atherosclerosis; called also atherosis and atheromatous degeneration.
• A deposit of fat and other substances in the inner lining of the artery wall which causes narrowing and a reduction of blood flow, on to which clots may form.
• a fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery; can obstruct blood flow
• In pathology, an atheroma (plural: atheromata) is an unhealthy (though typical for most humans) accumulation and swelling (-oma) with cells, or cell debris, which contain lipids (cholesterol and fatty acids), calcium mineral and a variable amount of fibrous connective tissue within the walls of ...

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