used as combining form of Gr. στέατ-, στέαρ stiff fat, tallow, suet, in many scientific terms, chiefly Medical. Steatocele [a. Gr. στεατοκήλη], a fatty tumor in the scrotum. Steatogene, -ogenous adjs., tending to produce steatosis. Steatolysis [Gr. λύσις solution] (see quot.); hence Steatolytic a. (see quot.). Steatopathy [Gr. πάθος disease], disease of the sebaceous glands (Dorland, Med. Dict., 1913); hence Steatopathic a., pertaining to steatopathy. Steatorrhœa [Gr. ῥοἰα flux, flow] = SEBORRHŒA.
1693. trans. Blancard’s Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), *Steatocele, a Rupture or Tumor in the Scrotum, of a Fatty or Suet-like Consistence.
1849–53. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., V. 1013/1. Collections of fat in the scrotum have been known from the time of Galen by the term steatocele.
1893. E. S. D’Odiardi, Med. Electr., 55. Generators of fat, called *steatogene poisons.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 741. The *steatogenous functions of the sweat-glands.
1893. Syd. Soc. Lex., *Steatolysis, the emulsifying process by means of which fats are prepared for absorption and assimilation.
1891. W. D. Halliburton, Text-bk. Chem. Physiol., 158. Steatolytic [ferments]: those which split fats into fatty acids and glycerine.
1876. Dunglison, Med. Lex., *Steatopathic.
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., *Steatorrhœa.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 759. The name seborrhœa (more correctly steatorrhœa) is not a satisfactory one.
