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Definition of Atherogenesis
1. Noun. The formation of atheromas on the walls of the arteries as in atherosclerosis.
Definition of Atherogenesis
1. Noun. (medicine) The formation of atheromas, especially on the walls of the arteries ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atherogenesis
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Medical Definition of Atherogenesis
1. Formation of atheroma, important in the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atherogenesis
Literary usage of Atherogenesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Health Consequences of Smoking: Cardiovascular Disease: Report of the by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... this view of atherogenesis. Such evidence is most convincing in relation to
the middle or late development of plaques rather than to their early stages. ..."
2. Control of Tobacco-Related Cancers and Other Diseases: Proceedings of an by Prakash C. Gupta, James E. Hamner, P. R. Murti (1992)
"Cigarette smoking and atherogenesis in autopsied men. ... The Throm- botic Process
in atherogenesis. Plenum Press, New York: 1978: pp. 3-10. ..."
3. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"... MD Chief, Lipid Metabolism-atherogenesis Branch Division of Heart and Vascular
Diseases National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of ..."
4. Alcohols Effect on Organ Function edited by Dianne M. Welsh (1997)
"Because accumulated cholesterol forms a major component of the characteristic
fatty plaques that build up along artery walls in atherogenesis, ..."
5. The Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health: Summary and by C. Everett Koop (1994)
"The mechanisms by which alterations in dietary fatty acids affect atherogenesis
and the risk for CHD, including degree of saturation, chain length, ..."
6. Health Benefits of Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"MARSHALL, M. Ultrastructural findings on platelet depositions in initial atherogenesis.
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 98(7):212-214, April 4, 1986. ..."
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