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lipoidemia

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Etymology

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From lipoid +‎ -emia.

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Noun

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lipoidemia (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, medicine) The presence of lipoids in the blood.
    • 1922 February, Albert A. Epstein, “Further observations on the nature and treatment of chronic nephrosis”, in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences[1], volume 163, page 175:
      It is undoubtedly of greater significance than is the lipoidemia of diabetes.