atheroid

English

Etymology 1

Ancient Greek ἀθήρ (athḗr, “beard or ear of grain”) + -oid.

Adjective

atheroid (comparative more atheroid, superlative most atheroid)

1. Shaped like an ear of grain.
   • 1905, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, ‎Rollin D. Salisbury, Geology - Volume 2, page 617:

     This genus occurs from the Silurian to the close of the Paleozoic, and is common from the middle Devonian up; it is characterized by its concavo-convex form, and the spines along the hinge-line; aa, Seminula argentea (Shep.), a spire-bearing, atheroid shell, one of the commonest Carbonifersous species; […]

   • 1914, Stuart Weller, The Mississippian Brachiopoda of the Mississippi Valley Basin, page 458:

     It has been shown by Hyde, however, that these shells are spire-bearing with a brachidium of atheroid type.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἄθετος (áthetos, “not fixed”), itself from τίθημι (títhēmi) + -oid

Adjective

atheroid (comparative more atheroid, superlative most atheroid)

1. Characterized by writhing and twisting.
   • 1895, M. J. Nolan, “Three Cases of Friedreich's Disease (Hereditary Ataxy) Associated with Genetous Idiocy”, in Transactions of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, page 75:

     Hands, in this case also, are subject to atrophy of groups of the intrinisc muscles, and exhibit the atheroid movements of the fingers when lying unused, and the "claw-like" configuration when about to pick up an object.

   • 1940, William Siegfried Dawson, Aids to Psychiatry, page 181:

     Automatic movements, such as sucking and tooth-grinding, and atheroid movements of the limbs, are not uncommon.

   • 1974, Proceedings of National Conference on Housing and the Handicapped, page 9:

     I couldn't in my wildest imagination imagine severely handicapped, atheroid people packing fish hooks.

   • 1983, Edward M. Brett, Paediatric Neurology, page 247:

     Hearing loss, common in atheroid cerebral palsy, may profoundly affect speech and communication if not recognised early and compensated for.

Etymology 3

atheroma +‎ -oid

1. From or similar to an atheroma (any sense).
   • 1958 September 27, “The Medical Journal of Australia”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 89, page 431:

     The atheroid plaque in the diabetic subject contains more cholesterol ester and phospholipid, but less neutral fat, than that of the non-diabetic individual.

   • 2017 June 28, Pardeep K. Mittal, Peter Harri, Sadhna Nandwana, Courtney C. Moreno, Takashi Muraki, Volkan Adsay, Kelly Cox, Burcin Pehlivanoglu, Lauren F. Alexander, Argha Chatterjee & Frank H. Miller, “Paraduodenal pancreatitis: benign and malignant mimics at MRI”, in Abdominal Radiology, volume 42:

     The cysts contain yellow atheroid material, which is composed of keratinized material and cholesterol clefts [28].