fatty liver

noun

The abnormal retention of triglycerides within the vacuoles of the liver.

Similar
FLhepatic steatosishepatosteatosissteatohepatosis
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Meanings

nounfatty liver (countable and uncountable, plural fatty livers)

plural fatty livers

  1. uncountablemedicineThe abnormal retention of triglycerides within the vacuoles of the liver.
  2. countableAn individual liver of this kind.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
FL

condition

Similar
hepatic steatosishepatosteatosissteatohepatosis
Broader
hepatosissteatosis
Narrower
nonalcoholic fatty liverhepatosteatitissteatohepatitis
Also see
hepatosteatosissteatohepatosis

Translations

Arabic كَبِد دُهْنِيّ
  • كَبِد دُهْنِيّ (kabid duhniyy)fatty liver
Catalan esteatosi hepàtica
  • esteatosi hepàticafatty liver
Chinese Mandarin 脂肪肝
  • 脂肪肝 (zhīfánggān)fatty liver
Czech steatóza játer
  • steatóza játerfatty liver
Dutch leververvetting
  • leververvettingfatty liver
Finnish rasvamaksa
  • rasvamaksafatty liver
French stéatose hépatique
  • stéatose hépatiquefatty liver
German Fettleber
  • Fettleberfatty liver
Hungarian zsíros máj
  • zsíros májfatty liver
Indonesian perlemakan hati
  • perlemakan hatifatty liver
Italian steatosi epatica, fegato grasso
  • steatosi epaticafatty liver
  • fegato grassofatty liver
Japanese 脂肪肝
  • 脂肪肝 (shibōkan)fatty liver
Korean 지방간
  • 지방간 (jibanggan)fatty liver
Lithuanian kepenų suriebėjimas
  • kepenų suriebėjimasfatty liver
Malay hati berlemak
  • hati berlemakfatty liver
Persian کبد چرب
  • کبد چرب (kabed-e čarb)fatty liver
Portuguese esteatose hepática, fígado gorduroso
  • esteatose hepáticafatty liver
  • fígado gordurosofatty liver
Russian стеатоз печени
  • стеатоз печени (steatoz pečeni)fatty liver
Spanish esteatosis hepática, hígado graso
  • esteatosis hepáticafatty liver
  • hígado grasofatty liver
Swedish leversteatos, fettlever
  • leversteatosfatty liver
  • fettleverfatty liver
Tamil கொழுப்புமிகு ஈரல்
  • கொழுப்புமிகு ஈரல் (koḻuppumiku īral)fatty liver
Turkish karaciğer yağlanması
  • karaciğer yağlanmasıfatty liver
Vietnamese gan nhiễm mỡ
  • gan nhiễm mỡfatty liver
Cite this entry
APA

fatty liver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatty%20liver

MLA

“fatty liver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatty%20liver. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fatty liver,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatty%20liver.

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