STEATORRHEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("steatorrhea" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

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