Athermancy
noun
an inability to transmit radiant heat or infrared radiation also called adiathermancy
historical examples
athermancy, ath-er′man-si, n. the property of stopping radiant heat.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various
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- Athero
a combining form representing atheroma, or atheromatous, in compound words: atherosclerosis. athero- pref. soft gruel-like deposit; atheroma: atherogenesis.
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capable of producing atheromatous plaques in arteries. adjective causing atheroma atherogenic ath·er·o·gen·ic (āth’ə-rō-jěn’ĭk) adj. initiating, increasing, or accelerating atherogenesis.