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What does steatorrhea mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) The presence of an excessive amount of fat in the feces
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Associated manifestations that may cause complications include the gluten-sensitive enteropathy, which can cause steatorrhea, abnormal D-xylose absorption, and anemia.
Increased gut motility and steatorrhea aggravate malabsorption of calcium.
Steatorrhea is the excretion of an excessive amount of fat in the stool, which is diagnostic of fat malabsorption when the amount of fat in the diet is normal.
Fat malabsorption or steatorrhea may be associated with cystic fibrosis, short bowel syndrome, intractable diarrhea, and severe protein calorie malnutrition.
These tumors are associated with diabetes mellitus, cholelithiasis, steatorrhea, and hypochlorhydria.
The most common symptoms of EPI may include steatorrhea, a type of diarrhea, gas, bloating, stomach pain, frequent bowel movement and weight loss.

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