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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A collection of rare conditions resulting from defective fat metabolism and characterized by atrophy of the subcutaneous fat. They include total, congenital or acquired, partial, abdominal infantile, and localized lipodystrophy. (references) |
Medicine | A collection of changes in body shape that are seen in people taking anti-HIV medications:a)loss of fat in the arms or legs(peripheral wasting)or face(sunken cheeks); b)and fat deposits in the stomach, the back of the neck, the breasts or other areas. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A lipodystrophy can be a lump or small dent in the skin that forms when a person keeps performing injections in the same spot. These types of lipodystrophies are harmless. People who want to avoid them can do so by changing (rotating) the places where they perform injections. For diabetics, using purified insulins may also help.
Other lipodystropies manifest as the excess or lack of fat in various regions of the body. These include but are not limited to having sunken cheeks, "humps" on the back or back of the neck. They are often seen as a symptom of AIDS. They can be caused by medibolic abnormalities due to genetic issues such as Syndrome-X or side-effects from medications such as antiretroviral drugs.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lipodystrophy."
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lipodystrophy | 59 |
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| Language | Translations for "LIPODYSTROPHY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | lipodystrophia, lipodystrofi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | lipodystrofie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lipodystrofia, rasva-aineenvaihduntahäiriö. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | lipodystrophie (f), lipodystrophie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Lipodystrophie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | λιποδυστροφία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | lipodistrofia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ipodystrophylay lipodistrofia. (various references) lipodistrofia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-h-i-l-o-o-p-p-r-s-t-y-y" | |
-3 letters: hypoploids, polyhistor. | |
-4 letters: dystrophy, hypoploid, isopropyl, troopship. | |
-5 letters: droopily, dropshot, hydropsy, hydrosol, isotropy, lordship, polypods, polypody, polypoid, popishly, porosity, propolis, sportily, thyroids, thyrsoid, torpidly, typhoids. | |
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