Atherine
belonging or pertaining to the family Atherinidae, comprising the silversides.
an atherine fish.
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- 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
- Athermanous
adjective capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation Historical Examples It has been shown that rock-salt is extremely opaque or athermanous to the radiations from a piece of heated rock-salt. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Various
- Athero
a combining form representing atheroma, or atheromatous, in compound words: atherosclerosis. athero- pref. Soft gruel-like deposit; atheroma: atherogenesis.
- Atheroembolism
atheroembolism atheroembolism ath·er·o·em·bo·lism (āth’ə-rō-ěm’bə-lĭz’əm) n. See cholesterol embolism.
- Atherogenesis
atherogenesis atherogenesis ath·er·o·gen·e·sis (āth’ə-rō-jěn’ĭ-sĭs) n. Formation of atheromatous deposits, especially on the innermost layer of arterial walls.