atheromatous

1. 1.

   of or relating to or resembling atheroma

   “atheromatous degeneration of the arteries”

   Synonymsatheromatic

Questions about atheromatous

What does atheromatous mean?

atheromatous means "of or relating to or resembling atheroma".

How many syllables are in atheromatous?

atheromatous has 5 syllables: a-the-ro-ma-tous. The stress falls on "ro".

What is another word for atheromatous?

Close synonyms include atheromatic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atheromatous a common word?

atheromatous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.