NAFLD

English

Noun

NAFLD (uncountable)

1. (pathology) Initialism of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a spectrum of disorders characterized by predominantly macrovesicular hepatic steatosis occurring in individuals in the absence of significant alcohol consumption.

   Synonym: MAFLD (“metabolic (dysfunction)-associated fatty liver disease”)

   Hyponyms: NAFL (“non-alcoholic fatty liver”), NASH (“non-alcoholic steatohepatitis”)

   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 176:

     Altogether about a third of us are thought to have early stages of NAFLD.

Translations

non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

• Azerbaijani: yu-çenq xəstəliyi
• Catalan: esteatosi hepàtica no alcohòlica f, fetge gras no alcohòlic m, EHNA f
• Dutch: niet-alcoholische steatohepatitis, NASH
• Finnish: ei-alkoholiperäinen rasvamaksa
• French: stéatose hépatique non alcoolique (fr) f, maladie du soda (fr), NASH (fr) f
• Georgian: ღვიძლის არაალკოჰოლური ცხიმოვანი დაავადება (ɣviʒlis araalḳoholuri cximovani daavadeba)
• Japanese: 非アルコール性脂肪性肝疾患 (hi arukōru-sei shibō-sei kan shikkan)
• Polish: niealkoholowa stłuszczeniowa choroba wątroby f
• Portuguese: esteatohepatite não-alcoólica f, EHNA f
• Russian: неалкогольная жировая болезнь печени f (nealkogolʹnaja žirovaja boleznʹ pečeni), НЖБП f (NŽBP)
• Slovene: nealkoholni steatohepatitis m, nealkoholna zamaščenost jeter
• Spanish: esteatohepatitis no alcohólica f, EHNA f
• Tamil: மதுசாரா கொழுப்புநிறை கல்லீரல் நோய் (matucārā koḻuppuniṟai kallīral nōy)

References

• Petta S, Muratore C, Craxì A, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease pathogenesis: the present and the future (2009)

Anagrams

• N.D. Fla.