LIPIDOSIS

lipidosis

(noun) a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lipidosis (plural lipidoses)

(pathology) A disorder in the metabolism of lipids in which fat is deposited in the tissues

Source: Wiktionary



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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