steatomatous, a. Path.
(stiːəˈtɒmətəs)
[f. Gr. στεατωµατ-, στεάτωµα (see prec.) + -ous.]
Of the nature of or resembling a steatoma.
| 1681 E. Tyson in Phil. Coll. No. 2. 14 In a thin pale Lympha or Serum, there did swim in several..pieces a steatomatous or cruddy Matter. 1772 Phil. Trans. LXI. 131 [A] Steatomatous Tumour. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 1355/2 The limbs [of the Hottentot] are slight; the buttocks, however, frequently present a steatomatous appearance. |