Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A deposit or degenerative accumulation of lipid-containing plaques on the innermost layer of the wall of an artery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given to various kinds of encysted tumors, the contents of which have the appearance of bread-sauce.
- noun The formation of thickened patches of the inner coat of an artery (much more rarely of a vein), constituting flattened cavities which contain a pasty mass exhibiting fat-globules, fatty acid crystals, cholesterin, more or less calcareous matter, etc. Also
atherome .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An encysted tumor containing curdy matter.
- noun A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology An abnormal fatty deposit which develops within the walls of
arteries .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery; can obstruct blood flow
Etymologies
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Examples
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Although the primary endpoint (change in percent atheroma volume) was not different between rimonabant and placebo, other measures of atherosclerosis appeared to change favourably.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Rimonabant for CAD - it’s Not Just About the Heart 2008
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Second, reading the study carefully one finds that what the authors call the PAV (percent atheroma volume) actually increases with statin therapy (This is a measurement of the amount of the vascular wall that is composed of atheroma).
The latest on statins | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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Somewhat more interesting is the following: “Substantial atheroma regression (5 percent or more reduction in atheroma volume) was observed in patients with levels of LDL-C less than the mean (87.5 milligrams per deciliter) during treatment and percentage increases of HDL-C greater than the mean (7.5 percent).”
The latest on statins | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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That seems a rather unscientific conclusion, given that they observed zero effect on the most important measurable quantity clinical events, and a small effect on atheroma volume, even in the face of significant modification of lipid parameters resulting from statin therapy.
The latest on statins | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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Aggressive lipid-lowering therapy and regression of coronary atheroma.
Saturated fat debate | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006
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There was a mild coronary atheroma and slight mitral valve edge thickening.
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Zillner attributed this circumstance to the small size of the wound, atheroma and degeneration of the aorta and slight retraction of the inner coat, together with a possible plugging of the pericardial opening.
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Zillner attributed this circumstance to the small size of the wound, atheroma and degeneration of the aorta and slight retraction of the inner coat, together with a possible plugging of the pericardial opening.
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It has been assigned as one of the causes of early atheroma and of angina pectoris.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Such dilatations are usually due to chronic endarteritis and atheroma.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
vendingmachine commented on the word atheroma
What is bread-sauce?
July 7, 2021
bilby commented on the word atheroma
It's an English thing. Stale bread used to thicken a white sauce. Often served at Xmas with murdered animals.
July 8, 2021