Finding
steatorrhea Audio
ste·at·or·rhe·a [ stee-at-uh-ree-uh, stee-uh-tuh- ]
Subclass of:
Malabsorption Syndrome
Etymology:
Greek stear (steato) = fat + rhoia = flow
Definitions related to steatorrhea:
  • A condition that is characterized by chronic fatty DIARRHEA, a result of abnormal DIGESTION and/or INTESTINAL ABSORPTION of FATS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A finding of an excessive amount of fat in the stool.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Excessive amounts of fats in the feces, as in malabsorption syndromes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Greater than normal amounts of fat in the feces. This is a result of malabsorption of lipids in the small intestine and results in frothy foul-smelling fecal matter that floats.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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