Steatorrhea (or steatorrhoea) is the presence of excess fat in feces. Stools may be bulky and difficult to flush, have a pale and oily appearance and can be especially foul-smelling. An oily anal leakage or some level of fecal incontinence may occur. There is increased fat excretion, which can be measured by determining the fecal fat level.
Putamen: An area in the brain within a structure called the lentiform nucleus. The putamen may decrease in size as a result of damage in Huntington's disease.
Noun. 1. foramen magnum-the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes. braincase, brainpan, cranium-the part of the skull that encloses the brain. foramen, hiatus-a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.1  Facebook.he large orifice in the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes to the cranial cavity and becomes continuous with the medulla oblongata.