fat infiltration

  • 1infiltration — 1. The act of permeating or penetrating into a substance, cell, or tissue; said of gases, fluids, or matter held in solution. 2. The gas, fluid, or dissolved matter that has entered any substance, cell, or tissue. SYN: infiltrate (2) …

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  • 2infiltration — n. 1) the abnormal entry of a substance (infiltrate) into a cell, tissue, or organ. Examples of infiltrates are blood cells, cancer cells, fat, starch, or calcium and magnesium salts. 2) the injection of a local anaesthetic solution into the… …

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  • 3Fatty infiltration — Fatty Fat ty, a. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. [1913 Webster] {Fatty acid} (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; so called because the… …

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  • 4fatty infiltration — n infiltration of the tissue of an organ with excess amounts of fat * * * 1. a deposit of fat in the tissues, especially between the cells; the term describes an older concept now included in fatty change (see under change). 2. the presence of… …

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  • 5fatty infiltration — noun : infiltration of the tissue of an organ with excess amounts of fat …

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  • 7Uric acid — chembox Name = Uric acid ImageFileL1 = Uric acid.png ImageSizeL1 = 150px ImageFileR1 = Uric acid3D.png ImageSizeR1 = 120px IUPACName = 7,9 dihydro 1H purine 2,6,8(3H) trione OtherNames = 2,6,8 Trioxypurine Section1 = Chembox Identifiers EINECS =… …

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  • 8Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia — Classification and external resources Photomicrograph of an ARVC heart. ICD 10 I …

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  • 9List of cutaneous conditions — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. See also: Cutaneous conditions, Category:Cutaneous conditions, and ICD 10… …

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  • 10digestive system disease — Introduction       any of the diseases that affect the human digestive tract. Such disorders may affect the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), pancreas, liver, or biliary tract. A prevalent disorder of the digestive… …

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