Word: steatorrheas
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: stea
torrh
e
as
Definition: Plural of steatorrhea; the presence of greater than normal amounts of fat in the feces which are frothy and foul smelling and floating; a symptom of disorders of fat metabolism and malabsorption syndrome
Morphemes:
Affix: steato-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: fat
Etymology Compounds: Affix: στέαρ
Language: grc
Decoded: stear
Meaning: hard fat, suet
Affix: -rrhea
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: flowing.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ῥέω
Language: grc
Decoded: Reo
Meaning: to flow
Affix: -ίᾱ
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).