atheroid

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1. Shaped like an ear of grain.

   It has been shown by Hyde, however, that these shells are spire-bearing with a brachidium of atheroid type.

   1914, Stuart Weller, The Mississippian Brachiopoda of the Mississippi Valley Basin, page 458

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   This genus occurs from the Silurian to the close of the Paleozoic, and is common from the middle Devonian up; it is characterized by its concavo-convex form, and the spines along the hinge-line; aa, Seminula argentea (Shep.), a spire-bearing, atheroid shell, one of the commonest Carbonifersous species; […]

   1905, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury, Geology - Volume 2, page 617

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1. Characterized by writhing and twisting.

   I couldn't in my wildest imagination imagine severely handicapped, atheroid people packing fish hooks.

   1974, Proceedings of National Conference on Housing and the Handicapped, page 9

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   Hands, in this case also, are subject to atrophy of groups of the intrinisc muscles, and exhibit the atheroid movements of the fingers when lying unused, and the "claw-like" configuration when about to pick up an object.

   1895, M. J. Nolan, “Three Cases of Friedreich's Disease (Hereditary Ataxy) Associated with Genetous Idiocy”, in Transactions of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, page 75

   Automatic movements, such as sucking and tooth-grinding, and atheroid movements of the limbs, are not uncommon.

   1940, William Siegfried Dawson, Aids to Psychiatry, page 181

   Hearing loss, common in atheroid cerebral palsy, may profoundly affect speech and communication if not recognised early and compensated for.

   1983, Edward M. Brett, Paediatric Neurology, page 247

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1. From or similar to an atheroma (any sense).

   The cysts contain yellow atheroid material, which is composed of keratinized material and cholesterol clefts [28].

   2017 June 28, Pardeep K. Mittal, Peter Harri, Sadhna Nandwana, Courtney C. Moreno, Takashi Muraki, Volkan Adsay, Kelly Cox, Burcin Pehlivanoglu, Lauren F. Alexander, Argha Chatterjee & Frank H. Miller, “Paraduodenal pancreatitis: benign and malignant mimics at MRI”, in Abdominal Radiology, volume 42

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   The atheroid plaque in the diabetic subject contains more cholesterol ester and phospholipid, but less neutral fat, than that of the non-diabetic individual.

   1958 September 27, “The Medical Journal of Australia”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 89, page 431