Medical term:
arteriomyomatosis
ar·te·ri·o·my·o·ma·to·sis
(ar-tēr'ē-ō-mī'ō-mă-tō'sis),Thickening of the walls of an artery by an overgrowth of muscular fibers arranged irregularly, intersecting each other without any definite relation to the axis of the vessel.
[arterio- + G. mys, muscle, + -oma, tumor, + -osis, condition]
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arteriomyomatosis
An obsolete term for a haphazardly-arranged segmental thickening of an arterial wall, with segmental overgrowth of smooth muscle cells; it is possible that what was described as arteriomyomatosis represented the segmental smooth muscle proliferation seen in atherosclerosis and/or fibromuscular hyperplasia.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
arteriomyomatosis
(ar-tēr″ē-ō-mī″ō-mă-tō′sĭs) [ arterio- + myomatosis]Thickening of arterial walls due to overgrowth of muscle fibers.
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