fatty degeneration
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fatty degeneration
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Heikenwälder's team has now tested in mice whether this approach can also protect the liver from fatty degeneration and chronic inflammation.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
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
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
Ever since fatty degeneration weakened the heart of King Fuad early this year and left him a prey to fainting fits, crisis has been in the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
The heart-fibres, carefully examined, microscopically, in the laboratory, are found to be normal, not having undergone granular or fatty degeneration.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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