cholesterosis

cholesterosis

 [ko-les″ter-o´sis]
a condition in which cholesterol is deposited in tissues in abnormal amounts.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

cholesterosis

Cholesterolosis A condition characterized by deposition of cholesterol in tissues, most commonly in the gallbladder as aggregates of cholesterol-laden macrophages below the mucosa
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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