aleptinemia

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ leptin +‎ -emia; compare the more common hypoleptinemia.

Noun

aleptinemia (uncountable)

1. (rare, medicine) The absence of the hormone leptin in the bloodstream
   • 2002 May 15, D.B. Savage, S. O’Rahilly, “Leptin: a novel therapeutic role in lipodystrophy”, in Journal of Clinical Investigation‎^[1], volume 109, number 10, pages 1285–6:

     Thus, we now know of two distinct human diseases where the correction of near aleptinemia is of major therapeutic benefit.

Anagrams

• leptinaemia