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Steatomatous
The presence of multiple sebaceous cysts.
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Steatolysis
The process by which fats are first emulsified and then hydrolyzed to fatty acids and glycerin preparatory to absorption. The chemical transformation fats undergo before being absorbed into the body.
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Steatocystoma multiplex
A skin disorder marked by the development of many sebaceous cysts.
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Stearoptene
The more solid portion of a volatile oil as distinguished from the more fluid portion or eleoptene.
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Stearin
A white crystalline solid in animal and vegetable fats; C3H5(CH3(CH2)16 COOH)3; any of the esters of glycerol and stearic acid, specifically glyceryl tristearate. One of the commonest fats in the body, especially the solid ones. It breaks down into stearic acid and glycerol.
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Steam tent
An obsolete device formerly used to encourage the inhalation of vapors (e.g., in respiratory diseases such as croup or cystic fibrosis).
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Intracerebral steal
The shunting of blood from ischemic to well-supplied regions of the brain, producing overperfusion of the unaffected tissue and under perfusion of the ischemic tissue.
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Hand ischemic steal
Deprivation of blood flow to the radial artery, after an arteriovenous access (i.e., for hemodialysis) as been surgically placed in a patient’s arm. If blood flow to the hand is not restored, the limb may become cold, painful, pale, or gangrenous.
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Steal
The deviation of blood flow from its normal course or rate of flow.
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Stay-time restriction
The maximum amount of time that a person should spend in the presence of a radioactive object or radioactive patient.
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