- the abnormal formation of tiny globules of fat within the cytoplasm of a cell
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fat′ty degenera′tion, [Pathol.]
- Pathologydeterioration of the cells of the body, accompanied by the formation of fat globules within the diseased cells.
- 1875–80
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fatty degeneration n