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steatorrhea

stea·torr·hea

UK/ˌstiː.ə.təˈɹiː.ə/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

From steato- + -rrhea.

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