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Look up: steatorrhea

  1. steatorrhea
    [n] - the presence of greater than normal amounts of fat in the feces which are frothy and foul smelling and floating
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Steatorrhea
    The presence of undigested fat in the feces.
    Found on http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsMM/MedHerbGl

  3. steatorrhea
    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
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  4. Steatorrhea
    `Steatorrhoea` is the formation of non solid feces. Stools may also float due to excess fat from malabsorption, have an oily appearance and be foul smelling. An oily anal leakage or some level of fecal incontinence may occur. There is increased fat excretion, which can be measured by determining the faecal fat level. While definitions have not been standardised, fat excretion in faeces in excess of 0.3 (g/kg)/day is considered indicative of steat...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steatorrhea

  5. steatorrhea
    (ste″ә-to-re´ә) excess fat in the feces due to a malabsorption syndrome caused by disease of the intestinal mucosa (such as sprue) or pancreatic enzyme deficiency.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  6. steatorrhea
    (from the article `celiac disease`) ...disorder in which people cannot tolerate gluten, a protein constituent of wheat, barley, malt, and rye flours. General symptoms of the disease ... Steatorrhea is the excretion of an excessive amount of fat in the stool, which is diagnostic of fat malabsorption when the amount of fat in the diet ......
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/157

  7. steatorrhea
    steatorrhea Passage of fat in large amounts in the feces, due to failure to digest and absorb it; occurs in pancreatic disease and the malabsorption syndromes.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. steatorrhea
    Passage of fat in large amounts in the feces, due to failure to digest and absorb it; occurs in pancreatic disease and the malabsorption syndromes. Syn: stearrhea, fat indigestion [steato- + G. rhoia, a flow]
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