steatogenous
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steatogenous — producing fat Causation and Formation … Phrontistery dictionary
steatogenous — ste·a·tog·e·nous … English syllables
steatogenous — |stēə|täjənəs adjective Usage: steat + genous : producing fat : causing steatosis … Useful english dictionary
Causation and Formation — These words refer to causation, formation, origination, production, growth, development or generation. While this might seem like a pretty broad category, all of the words in the list derive from the single Greek word genesis, which can have all… … Phrontistery dictionary
steatite — n. soapstone. ♦ steatitic, a. ♦ steatogenous, a. fat producing. ♦ steatolysis, n. breaking down of fats. ♦ steatopathic, a. pertaining to disease of sebaceous glands. ♦ steatopygic, ♦ steatopygous, a. having excessively fat… … Dictionary of difficult words