GC: n

S: NIH (last access: 7 September 2025); SDir (last access: 7 September 2025).

N: 1. – hepatic (adj): late 14c., epatike, from Old French hepatique or directly from Latin hepaticus “pertaining to the liver,” from Greek hēpatikos, from hēpar (genitive hēpatos) “liver” (see hepatitis). As a noun, “medicine for the liver,” from late 15c.

– steatosis (n): steatosis is a borrowing from Latin.

2. Hepatic steatosis is an accumulation of fat in the liver. Also called fatty liver, it can develop into two types of liver disease: alcoholic hepatic steatosis (alcoholic fatty liver disease) and nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease).

3. Fatty liver is when there’s too much fat in your liver. Your liver is the body’s main organ for processing food and waste materials.

A healthy liver contains very little or no fat. If you drink too much alcohol, or eat too much food, your body turns some of the calories into fat. This fat is stored in your liver cells.

You have fatty liver when fat makes up more than 5% of the total weight of your liver.

Over time fatty liver can lead to cirrhosis (scarring).

It’s common, about 1 in every 3 Australian adults has fatty liver disease.

There are 2 main types of fatty liver disease:

1. metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD)
2. alcohol-related fatty liver disease

Metabolic associated fatty liver disease is the most common type of fatty liver disease. This used to be called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Alcohol-related fatty liver disease is caused by drinking too much alcohol.

4. Liver and Biliary Ducts: hepatic steatosis, fatty liver.

S: 1. OED (last access: 7 September 2025); Etymonline (last access: 7 September 2025). 2. Docpanel (last access: 7 September 2025). 3. HealthDir (last access: 7 September 2025). 4. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 7 September 2025).

SYN: fatty liver

S: TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 7 September 2025); GDT (last access: 7 September 2025).

CR: gastroenterology