noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries uncountable, usually
2. 2
   the formation of atheromas on the walls of the arteries as in atherosclerosis wordnet

Etymology

From athero- + -genesis.

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