- steatocrit
- ste·a·to·crit (steґə-to-krit″) [steato- + Gr. krinein to separate] a semiquantitative method for assessing the amount of fat in feces.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
steatocrit
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acid steatocrit — a screening test for fat malabsorption: an acidified stool sample is centrifuged to yield solid, liquid, and fatty layers and the proportion of fat is expressed as a volumetric percentage (lipid phase/solid phase), with normal being less than 10… … Medical dictionary
