fatty degeneration

noun

, Pathology.

deterioration of the cells of the body, accompanied by the formation of fat globules within the diseased cells.

fatty degeneration

pathol the abnormal formation of tiny globules of fat within the cytoplasm of a cell

First recorded in 1875–80

The forms of disease known as "fatty degeneration of the kidney" and "Bright's disease" are both frequently due to this cause.

It is a subterfuge, a sham, and with fatty degeneration eating away the muscular fibre of their hearts, they snatch at it.

Fatty degeneration of the heart of the body politic has been cut away to the muscle.

Poisoned by the substance they have incorporated, they undergo a fatty degeneration and become globules of pus.

Oh, ye gods, have pity on men and women who suffer from fatty degeneration of the soul!

April 23, 2024inveterate

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