lipemia

li·pe·mi·a

[li-pee-mee-uh, lahy-]
noun Medicine/Medical.
excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
Also, li·pae·mi·a.


Origin:
1745–55; < Neo-Latin lipaemia. See lip-, -emia

li·pe·mic, li·pae·mic, adjective
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lipaemia or (US) lipemia (lɪˈpiːmɪə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
pathol an abnormally large amount of fat in the blood
 
[from Greek lipos fat + -aemia]
 
lipemia or (US) lipemia
 
n
 
[from Greek lipos fat + -aemia]

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lipemia li·pe·mi·a (lĭ-pē'mē-ə)
n.
An excess of fat or lipids in the blood. Also called hyperlipemia, hyperlipidemia, lipidemia.

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