Etymology

steatoma

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Ancient Greek στεάτωμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστεάτωμα
  2. English todaysteatoma

From Ancient Greek στεάτωμα (steátōma). By surface analysis, steato- + -oma.

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