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‖ steatoma Path.|stiːəˈtəʊmə|
Also anglicized steatom(e.
[L. steatōma, a. Gr. στεάτωµα, f. στεατοῦσθαι to be converted into fat, f. στεατ-, στέαρ fat, tallow. Cf. F. stéatôme.]
An encysted fatty tumour.
α1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 18/4 The vlceration Steatoma, a kinde of fatte matter, like suet. 1674tr. Barbette's Chirurg. (ed. 2) 323 Steatoma's and other Abscesses, are often generated in the Caul. 1763Phil. Trans. LIII. 233 The glands of the mesentery..represented small and distinct steatomas. 1854C. H. Jones Path. Anat. iv. 166 A steatoma..is a fatty tumour, with a preponderating excess of areolar tissue.
β1737Jamieson in Med. Ess. Edinb. (ed. 2) III. 354 A large Steatom passing with the Oesophagus from the Thorax into the Abdomen. 1829Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) V. 324 The steatome grows to a larger size, than any of the rest. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 63/2 Small steatoms are not unfrequent in the eyelids and in the scalp. |