Definition of Lipodystrophy

1. Noun. A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue. ¹

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Medical Definition of Lipodystrophy

1. 1. Any disturbance of fat metabolism. 2. A group of conditions due to defective metabolism of fat, resulting in the absence of subcutaneous fat, which may be congenital or acquired and partial or total. Synonym: lipoatrophy, lipodystrophia. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lipodystrophy

lipochrin
lipochromes
lipoclasis
lipoclastic
lipocortin
lipocrit
lipocyte
lipocytes
lipodieresis
lipodystrophia intestinalis
lipodystrophia progessiva superior
lipodystrophic
lipodystrophies
lipoedema
lipofectamine
lipofectin
lipofection
lipoferous
lipofibroma
lipofuscin
lipofuscinoses
lipofuscinosis
lipofuscins
lipogeneses
lipogenesis
lipogenic
lipogenous

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