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noun
A disorder in the metabolism of lipids in which fat is deposited in the tissues
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
a disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: metabolic disorder
Narrower terms: abetalipoproteinemia, Gaucher's disease, Niemann-Pick disease, Tay-Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs, Sachs disease, infantile amaurotic idiocy
History
From lipid + -osis.
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