steatosisn.
/stiːəˈtəʊsɪs/ Pathology.
Fatty degeneration.
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depravation1661
cretification1849
histolysis1853
steatosis1860
cretifaction1873
fibrosis1873
hyalinosis1876
fibrosing1879
sarcomatosis1890
tyrosis1896
hyaline degeneration1897
amyloidosis1900
pseudoxanthoma1900
blastophthoria1908
hyalinization1919
1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci.
1880 Med. Temp. Jrnl. Oct. 5 They are of two kinds, steatosis and cirrhosis.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 860 Extensive fatty changes (steatosis) are common in drinkers apart from cirrhosis.
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