Steatite

stē′a-tīt, n. soapstone, a compact or ma ive variety of talc, a hydrous silicate of magnesia, white or yellow, soft and greasy to the touch—used by tailors for marking cloth, and called Briançon Chalk , French Chalk , and Venice Talc .— adj. Stēat it′ic .— ns. Stēatī′tis , inflammation of the fatty ti ue; Stē′atocele , a fatty tumour in the scrotum; Stēatō′ma , a fatty encysted tumour.— adj. Stēatom′atous .— n. Stēatop′yga , an accumulation of fat on the buttocks of the Bushmen women.— adj. Stēatop′ygo us , fat-buttocked.— n. Stēatō′sis , fatty degeneration of an organ, as the heart. [Gr. steatitēs — stear , steatos , suet.]