steato-, steat- (Greek: fat; suet, tallow).steatite:
1. Fat, tallow.
2. Soap-stone resembling tallow or suet. steatitis:
1. Inflammation of adipose (fat) tissue.
2. An inflammation of fat tissue in certain animals such as swine, horses, cats, and chickens. It is one of the manifestations of vitamin E-selenium deficiency disease in these animals. "Yellow fat disease" is the more popular name for this disease. steatocele:
A fatty mass formed within the scrotum.
steatocystoma:
A cyst arising from the sebaceous (fatty, greasy, or oily) gland apparatus.
steatogenous:
Producing fat; causing steatosis.
steatohepatitis:
Fatty liver in alcoholics.
steatolysis, steatolytic:
1. The hydrolysis or emulsion of fat in the process of digestion.
2. Emulsification of fat prior to absorption. steatoma:
1. A lipoma.
2. A fatty mass retained within a sebaceous gland. steatomery:
A deposit of fat on the outer aspect of the thighs and buttocks.
steatonecrosis:
Fat necrosis (death).
steatopathy:
Any disease of the sebaceous glands.
steatopyga, steatopygia:
1. An excessive accumulation of fat on the buttocks.
2. Excessive fatness of the buttocks, usually seen more often in women. 3. In anthropology, a condition in certain populations in which individuals have broad masses of fat protruding from the buttocks and thighs with an additional slant to the sacrum; often noted among women of the Bushmen and Hottentot groups of Africa. steatopygous, steatopygic:
A reference to excessively fat buttocks.
steatorrhea:
Passage of fat in large amounts in the feces, due to failure to digest and absorb it; occurs in pancreatic disease and the malabsorption syndromes.
steatosis:
1. Fatty degeneration.
2. The accumulation of fat. |