ATHEROMA
\ˌaθəɹˈə͡ʊmə], \ˌaθəɹˈəʊmə], \ˌa_θ_ə_ɹ_ˈəʊ_m_ə]\
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Thickening and loss of elasticity of arterial walls. Atherosclerosis is the most common form of arteriosclerosis and involves lipid deposition and thickening of the intimal cell layers within arteries. Additional forms of arteriosclerosis involve calcification of the media of muscular arteries (Monkeberg medial calcific sclerosis) and thickening of the walls of small arteries or arterioles due to cell proliferation or hyaline deposition (arteriolosclerosis).
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By William R. Warner
By Robley Dunglison
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Degeneration of coats of blood-vessels.
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Distention of sebaceous follicles.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Properly, a wen; so called from the porridgelike character of the contents.
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A degeneration of the intima and media of the aorta or of other arteries, of a yellowish color and of a pultaceous consistence produced by fatty and calcareous degeneration in the later stages of arteriosclerosis.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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