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-a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure. hiatus. foramen of Monro, interventricular foramen, Monro's foramen-the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere. foramen magnum-the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes. opening, gap-an open or empty space in or between things; there was a small opening between the trees; the explosion made a gap in the wall. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.