Lipemia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An excess of lipids or lipoproteins in the blood. countable, uncountable

    "The absence of lipemia in the 28 cases undergoing treatment, although many of them were severe, is a striking fact, and probably to be accounted for by the partial or complete fasting."

  2. 2
    presence of excess lipids in the blood wordnet

Synonyms

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hyperlipaemiahyperlipemiahyperlipidaemiahyperlipidemiahyperlipoidaemiahyperlipoidemia

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"The absence of lipemia in the 28 cases undergoing treatment, although many of them were severe, is a striking fact, and probably to be accounted for by the partial or complete fasting."

Etymology

From lip- + -emia.

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