steatotic

English

Etymology

steatosis +‎ -otic

Adjective

steatotic (comparative more steatotic, superlative most steatotic)

  1. (medicine) Pertaining to or affected by steatosis: infiltrated with fatty nodules (used especially of the liver).[1]

Derived terms

See also
  • fatty (strictly hypernymic; sometimes loosely synonymous in medical usage)

References
  1. “A multi-society Delphi consensus statement on new fatty liver disease nomenclature”, in Journal of Hepatology, 2023, →DOI, →PMID
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