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Lipodystrophy (medicine)


lipodystrophy


1. <biochemistry> 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.