Inflected forms: pl. ath·er·o·mas or ath·er·o·ma·ta (-m-t) A deposit or degenerative accumulation of lipid-containing plaques on the innermost layer of the wall of an artery.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin athrma, tumor full of pus that is like gruel, from Greek, from athra, gruel.
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