Meanings
adjectivefibroatherotic (not comparable)
- not comparablefibrous and atherotic
According to this classification, carotid plaques were assigned as fibroatherotic (type V) and complicated (type VI).
2015 August 19, Aimilia Varela et al., “Elevated expression of mechanosensory polycystins in human carotid atherosclerotic plaques: association with p53 activation and disease severity”, in Scientific Reports, volume 5, →DOI
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