atheroma

1. 1.

   a fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery; can obstruct blood flow

   Broaderadipose tissue

Other forms of atheroma

plural

atheromata

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about atheroma

What does atheroma mean?

atheroma means "a fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery; can obstruct blood flow".

How many syllables are in atheroma?

atheroma has 4 syllables and divides as a-the-ro-ma under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.