Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fatty liver

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables
fat-ty liv-er
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

noun

An individual liver of this kind.

Countable

Usage

Inflected Forms

fatty livers (plural)

Phrases

fatty liver disease nonalcoholic fatty liver disease nonalcoholic fatty liver foie gras

Frequently Paired Words

foie gras hepatosteatic steatohepatic hepatitis hepatosteatotic steatitis steatohepatotic

Synonyms

FL hepatic steatosis hepatosteatosis steatohepatosis

Questions

What does fatty liver mean?
The abnormal retention of triglycerides within the vacuoles of the liver.

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