lipodystrophy

Noun

Meaning

lipodystrophy (countable and uncountable, plural lipodystrophies)

(pathology) A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.

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Adipose tissue transplantation in transgenic mice with lipodystrophy can cure the type 2 diabetes. Source: Internet

Lipodystrophy Lumps or small dents in the skin that form when a person keeps injecting the needle in the same spot. Source: Internet

Lipodystrophy main Lipodystrophic disorders in general are associated with metabolic syndrome. Source: Internet

The animals and humans with generalized lipodystrophy develop signs of metabolic syndrome in the absence of adipose tissue; and the metabolic syndrome progresses to type 2 diabetes. Source: Internet

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