steatosis

English

Etymology

From steato- +‎ -osis.

Noun

steatosis (countable and uncountable, plural steatoses)

1. (medicine) The abnormal retention of lipids by a cell or organ.

   Hypernym: fattiness

   Hyponyms: hepatosteatosis, macrosteatosis, microsteatosis, myosteatosis, steatitis

Derived terms

• steatotic (adj)

Related terms

• asteatosis

Translations

over-retention of lipids

• Arabic: تنكس دهني (tanks dahni)
• Catalan: adiposi f, esteatosi f
• French: stéatose (fr) f
• Georgian: სტეატოზი (sṭeaṭozi)
• Greek: στεάτωση (el) f (steátosi)
• Italian: steatosi (it) f
• Japanese: 脂肪変性 (しぼうへんせい, shibōhensei)
• Norwegian: steatose
• Portuguese: esteatose (pt) f
• Spanish: esteatosis f
• Swedish: steatos (sv) c