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"Section F, G and H"

(Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the
subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration. -- Fatty
infiltration
(Med.), a condition in which there
is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction
of any essential parts of the latter.
-- Fatty
tumor
(Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or
adipose tissue; lipoma.


Fa*tu"i*tous (?), a. Stupid;
fatuous.


Fa*tu"i*ty (?), n. [L. fatuitas,
fr. fatuus foolish: cf. F. fatuité Cf.
Fatuous.] Weakness or imbecility of mind;
stupidity.


Those many forms of popular
fatuity.
I Taylor.


Fat"u*ous (?), a. [L. fatuus.]
1. Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish;
fatuitous.
Glanvill.


2. Without reality; illusory, like the
ignis fatuus.


Thence fatuous fires and meteors take their
birth.
Danham.


Fat"-wit`ted (?), a.


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