† stearrhœan.
/stiːəˈriːə/ Medicine. Obsolete.
= steatorrhœa n.
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1842 E. Wilson Pract. & Theoret. Treat. Dis. Skin xiv. 290 (heading) Augmentation of secretion. Stearrhoea.
1913 Q. Jrnl. Med. 6 242 The term stearrhoea, or steatorrhoea, has had an unfortunate history. It was originally employed..to designate passage of liquid fat with the stools, but was applied later, by Erasmus Wilson, to the disease of the skin commonly known as seborrhoea.
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