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microatheromatous

microatheromatous adjective: characterised by the presence of microatheromas.

Adjective

microatheromatous (not comparable)

  1. Characterised by the presence of microatheromas
    • This indicated that microatheromatous vascular disease, either in the parent vessel or in the proximal portion of the penetrating artery, played an important role in larger and symptomatic lacunar strokes[36, 37 ].2016 March 3, “Comparison of Risk Factor between Lacunar Stroke and Large Artery Atherosclerosis Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study in China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of microatheromatous

From micro- + atheromatous.

Questions about microatheromatous

What does microatheromatous mean?
Microatheromatous means characterised by the presence of microatheromas.
What part of speech is microatheromatous?
Microatheromatous is an adjective.

Words near microatheromatous in the dictionary

  1. microatelectases
  2. microatelectasis
  3. microatheroma
  4. microatheromas
  5. microatheromata
  6. microatheromatous
  7. microatoll
  8. microatolls
  9. microatomizer
  10. microatomizers
  11. microattribution

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