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

28 сент. 2022 г. · atheroma (n.) "encysted tumor," 1706, medical Latin, from Greek atheroma, from athērē "groats, porridge," in reference to the matter inside; ...

a tumor filled with gruellike matter < Greek athḗrōma, equivalent to athḗr ( ē ) gruel + -ōma -oma

The word atheroma was created by Celsius, two thousand years ago; he have it the meaning of fatty tumor, which was kept till the middle of the nineteenth ...

The meaning of ATHEROMA is an abnormal fatty deposit in an artery. How to use atheroma in a sentence.

From ἀθάρη (athárē, “groats, porridge”) +‎ -ωμᾰ (-ōma, “disease, tumor”).

An atheroma, or atheromatous plaque, is an abnormal accumulation of material in the inner layer of an arterial wall.

Definition of Atheroma and Atherosclerosis. The word atheroma is derived from the Greek “athere” meaning porridge or gruel.

Atheroma. Gr. athere = porridge; an unexpected derivation, but a good descriptive term. The combining form athero-, from the same stem ...

The earliest known use of the noun atheroma is in the early 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for atheroma is from 1706, in Phillips's New World of Words ...