Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Overaction of the sebaceous glands.
- noun Excessive discharge of fat in the feces.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Seborrhea.
- noun The passage of fatty stools.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The presence of an excessive amount of
fat in thefeces
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the presence of greater than normal amounts of fat in the feces which are frothy and foul smelling and floating; a symptom of disorders of fat metabolism and malabsorption syndrome
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Examples
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The main clinical symptoms are fat malabsorption known as steatorrhea, diarrhea, weight loss, abdominal discomfort and abdominal swelling.
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Rethinking growth failure in Alagille syndrome: the role of dietary intake and steatorrhea.
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Damage to the liver or an obstruction of some kind in the bile duct (called a gallstone) can lead to serious problems such as cholestasis, steatorrhea, or jaundice.
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Damage to the liver or an obstruction of some kind in the bile duct (called a gallstone) can lead to a serious problems such as cholestasis, steatorrhea, or jaundice.
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Idiopathic steatorrhea a. Is a common hereditary condition d.
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Idiopathic steatorrhea a. Is a common hereditary condition d.
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Acute quadriparesis muscle spasms similar electrolyte disturbances steatorrhea.
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