Look up: steatorrhoea


  1. steatorrhoea
    Steatorrhoea is used to describe increased fat in the faeces and is characterised by a pale, smelly, frothy stool. It is a feature of fat malabsorption and can be caused by a variety of factors.
    Found op http://www.brainandbody.co.uk/index.php?Itemid=3&id=13&option=com_content&t

  2. Steatorrhoea
    Particular type of diarrhoea caused by difficulty digesting fats. Can be a symptom of diseases of the pancreas or gall bladder.
    Found op http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/utilities/glossary/index.htm?search=s

  3. Steatorrhoea
    The presence of excess fat in the stools, which causes them to be bulky and offensive. Found when absorption of fats from the bowel is impaired as, for example, in cystic fibrosis.
    Found op http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_conditions/glossary.html

  4. steatorrhoea
    Faecal matter that is frothy, foul-smelling and floats because of a high fat content. A finding that is typical in malabsorption syndromes. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?steatorrhoea

  5. steatorrhoea
    (steato- + Gr. rhoia a flow) excessive amounts of fats in the feces, as in malabsorption syndromes.
    Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio82.html

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