steatitis

English

Etymology

From steato- +‎ -itis.

Noun

steatitis (uncountable)

1. Inflammation of a fatty tissue.

Hypernyms

• steatosis

Hyponyms

• hepatosteatitis, steatohepatitis

Anagrams

• stistaite

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στεατῖτις (steatîtis), from στέαρ (stéar, “suet”).

Noun

steatītis f (genitive steatītidis); third declension

1. steatite
2. An unknown kind of gem

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	steatītis	steatītidēs
Genitive	steatītidis	steatītidum
Dative	steatītidī	steatītidibus
Accusative	steatītidem	steatītidēs
Ablative	steatītide	steatītidibus
Vocative	steatītis	steatītidēs

References

• “steatitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• steatitis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.