fatty degeneration

American  

noun

Pathology.

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

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fatty degeneration British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of fatty degeneration

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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fatty degeneration

"On MRI images, this decline can be seen as fatty degeneration of the muscle, where streaks of fat replace muscle fibers."

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024

In their study, the LiU researchers saw that individuals with fatty degeneration of the thymus showed lower T-cell regeneration.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2023

After puberty, the thymus decreases in size and is eventually replaced by fat, in a process known as fatty degeneration.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2023

Nevertheless, last week he paid a stiff price for the fatty degeneration 39 years of power had brought to Quebec Liberals.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the morphological appearances of fatty infiltration and of fatty degeneration were constant, there would obviously be little or no difficulty in determining the nature of the process manifested by the presence of fat.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various