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Definition of Atherma
||Ath`e*ro"ma (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;,
&?;, fr. &?; gr&?;ats, meal.] (Med.) (a) An
encysted tumor containing curdy matter. (b) A
disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner
coat of the arteries.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (pathology) An abnormal fatty deposit which develops within the walls of arteries.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The proper spelling of this word is: Atheroma
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