Noun
lipodystrophy (countable and uncountable, plural lipodystrophies)
(pathology) A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.
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