Fatty-degeneration meaning

The accumulation of fat globules within the cells of a bodily organ, such as the liver or heart, resulting in deterioration of tissue and diminished functioning of the affected organ.
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The abnormal occurrence of fat particles in tissue.
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The accumulation of fat globules within the cells of a bodily organ, such as the liver or heart, resulting in deterioration of tissue and diminished functioning of the affected organ.
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Sentence Examples

  • When a nerve-trunk is separated from its central connexion, the distal portion falls into a state of fatty degeneration (Wallerian or secondary degeneration).

  • Thus workers in lead suffer from the effects of this substance as a poison, those who work in phosphorus are liable to necrosis of bone and fatty degeneration of the blood vessels and organs, and the many occupations in which dust is inhaled (coalmining, stone-dressing, steel-polishing, &c.; fig.

  • - Fatty degeneration of heart from case of perni cious anaemia.

  • - Fatty degeneration of kidney from case of starvation.

  • Any of the abnormal conditions that bring about general or local defective nutrition is an important factor in producing fatty degeneration.

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