the abnormal accumulation of fat within a cell or organ
Also called: fatty degeneration
Examples of 'steatosis' in a sentence
steatosis
Hepatic histology was suggestive of autoimmune hepatitis, without steatosis.
Andreia Ribeiro, José Ricardo Brandão, Esmeralda Cleto, Manuela Santos, Teresa Borges,Ermelinda Santos Silva 2019, 'Fatty Liver and Autoimmune Hepatitis: Two Forms of Liver Involvement in Lipodystrophies',GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterologyhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/495767. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In 12-month-old males a diffuse hepatic steatosis was detected.
Daniele Stella M, Montenegro Silvana M, Tarres María C, Picena Juan C, Martinez StellaM 2010, 'The eSS rat, a nonobese model of disordered glucose and lipid metabolism and fattyliver', Diabetology & Metabolic Syndromehttp://www.dmsjournal.com/content/2/1/15. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This was accompanied by extended centrilobular necrosis, steatosis, fibrosis and an altered ultrastructure of hepatocytes.
Marieta Costache, Anca Dinischiotu, Nicoleta Hadaruga, Ciprian-Valentin Mihali, MirunaStan, Aurel Ardelean, Cristina Popescu, Anca Hermenean 2012, 'Hepatoprotective Effects of <em>Berberis vulgaris</em> L. Extract/β Cyclodextrinon Carbon Tetrachloride–Induced Acute Toxicity in Mice', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/13/7/9014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Histological analysis identified extensive steatosis, inflammation, hepatocyte injury and fibrosis.
Briana Spolding, Timothy Connor, Carrie Wittmer, Lelia L F Abreu, Antony Kaspi, MarkZiemann, Gunveen Kaur, Adrian Cooper, Shona Morrison, Scott Lee, Andrew Sinclair,Yann Gibert, James L Trevaskis, Jonathon D Roth, Assam El-Osta, Richard Standish,Ken Walder 2014, 'Rapid development of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in Psammomys obesus (Israeli sandrat).', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3961405?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The overall prevalence of hepatic steatosis was 58%.
Goldin Robert D, Verma Sumita, Main Janice 2008, 'Hepatic steatosis in patients with HIV-Hepatitis C Virus coinfection: is it associatedwith antiretroviral therapy and more advanced hepatic fibrosis?', BMC Research Noteshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/1/46. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Advanced steatosis was defined as a score > 1.
Natalia Wasilewska, Anna Bobrus-Chociej, Ewa Harasim-Symbor, Eugeniusz Tarasów, MałgorzataWojtkowska, Adrian Chabowski, Dariusz M. Lebensztejn 2018, 'Increased serum concentration of ceramides in obese children with nonalcoholic fattyliver disease', Lipids in Health and Diseasehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-018-0855-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)