atheroma

English

Etymology

From Latin athērōma (“tumor/mass full of gruel-like matter”), from Ancient Greek ἀθήρωμα (athḗrōma). By surface analysis, ather- +‎ -oma.

Noun

atheroma (plural atheromas or atheromata)

1. (pathology) An abnormal fatty deposit which develops within the walls of arteries.
2. (pathology, obsolete) A kind of cyst on the scalp.

Synonyms

• plaque
• atherosis

Derived terms

• atheromasia
• atheromatic
• atheromatosis
• atheromatous
• atheromic
• fibroatheroma
• microatheroma
• preatheroma
• proatheroma

Translations

abnormal fatty deposit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粥樣化 / 粥样化 (zhōuyànghuà)

• Czech: aterom m
• Finnish: valtimonrasvoittuma, aterooma (fi)
• French: athérome (fr) m
• German: Atherom n
• Greek: αθήρωμα (el) n (athíroma)
• Italian: ateroma (it) f, placca (it) f, cisti sebacea f
• Japanese: アテローム (ja) (aterōmu)
• Portuguese: ateroma f
• Russian: атеро́ма (ru) f (ateróma), бля́шка (ru) f (bljáška)

See also

• atherogenesis
• atherosclerosis