NAFLD
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[edit]Noun
[edit]NAFLD (uncountable)
- (pathology) Initialism of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a spectrum of disorders characterized by predominantly macrovesicular hepatic steatosis occurring in individuals in the absence of significant alcohol consumption.
- Synonym: MAFLD (“metabolic (dysfunction)-associated fatty liver disease”)
- Hyponyms: NAFL (“non-alcoholic fatty liver”), NASH (“non-alcoholic steatohepatitis”)
- 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 176:
- Altogether about a third of us are thought to have early stages of NAFLD.
Translations
[edit]non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
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References
[edit]- Petta S, Muratore C, Craxì A, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease pathogenesis: the present and the future (2009)