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n.infiltration of hepatocyte with fat. This may occur in pregnancy, alcoholism, malnutrition, obesity, hepatitis C infection, or with some drugs.* * *
ste·a·to·sis (ste″ə-toґsis) fatty change.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
steatosis
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