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| fatty ascites | <gastroenterology> A large collection of lymph fluid in the abdominal cavity, sometimes secondary to blockage of the main lymph duct or injury to it. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| fatty atrophy | Fatty infiltration secondary to an atrophy of the essential elements of an organ or tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty cast | A renal or urinary cast consisting largely of fat globules; those containing doubly refractile bodies (composed of cholesterol) are found in the nephrotic syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty change | The appearance of microscopically visible droplets of fat in the cytoplasm of cells. See: fatty degeneration. Synonym: fatty change. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty cirrhosis | Early nutritional cirrhosis, especially in alcoholics, in which the liver is enlarged by fatty change, with mild fibrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty degeneration | Abnormal formation of microscopically visible droplets of fat in the cytoplasm of cells, as a result of injury. Synonym: adipose degeneration, steatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty diarrhoea | Diarrhoea seen in malabsorption syndromes including chronic pancreatic disease, characterised by foul smelling stools with increased fat content that usually float in water. Synonym: pimelorrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty heart | Fatty degeneration of the myocardium, accumulation of adipose tissue on the external surface of the heart with occasional infiltration of fat between the muscle bundles of the heart wall. Synonym: cor adiposum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty hernia | The escape of subcutaneous fat through a gap in a fascia or an aponeurosis. Synonym: fatty hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty infiltration | Abnormal accumulation of fat droplets in the cytoplasm of cells, particularly of fat derived from outside the cells. See: fatty degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty kidney | A kidney in which there is fatty metamorphosis of the parenchymal cells, especially fatty degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty layer of superficial fascia | The more superficial, fatty part of the superficial fascia of the lower anterior abdominal wall. Synonym: fatty layer of superficial fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fatty liver | <radiology> Hyperalimentation, diabetes, Cushing disease, steroids, obesity, previous jejunal bypass, Reye syndrome, kwashiorkor, malnutrition (EtOH, chemo, RT), Crohn disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| fatty liver, alcoholic | Fatty liver in alcoholics. It is potentially reversible and may be associated with alcoholic hepatitis or cirrhosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fatty liver syndrome | <syndrome> A noninfectious disease of chickens characterised by enlarged fat-infiltrated livers. (05 Mar 2000) |