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steatotic

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English

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Etymology

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From steatosis +‎ -otic.

Adjective

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steatotic (comparative more steatotic, superlative most steatotic)

  1. (medicine) Pertaining to or affected by steatosis: infiltrated with fatty nodules (used especially of the liver).[1]

Derived terms

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See also

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  • fatty (strictly hypernymic; sometimes loosely synonymous in medical usage)

References

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  1. ^ Rinella, ME, Lazarus, JV, Ratziu, V, Francque, SM, Sanyal, AJ, Kanwal, F (2023) “A multi-society Delphi consensus statement on new fatty liver disease nomenclature”, in Journal of Hepatology, →DOI, →PMID