Atheroma

(ath-er-o’ ’-mah) [adi’ipr], gruel; dfia, tumor]. I. A sebaceous cyst containing a cheesy material. 2. The fatty degeneration of the walls of the arteries in arteriosclerosis; by common usage, the word is also applied to the whole proce of arteriosclerosis. Arterial atheroma is also termed at heros is. 97