adiposis
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
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ad·i·po·sis
(ăd'ə-pō'sĭs)
n.
n.
Excessive accumulation of fat in the body. Also called lipomatosis, liposis.
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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adiposis
A condition marked by deposits or degeneration of fatty tissue.
- a. cerebralis — fatness from cerebral pituitary disease.
- a. dolorosa — a painful condition due to pressure on nerves caused by fatty deposits.
- a. hepatica — fatty degeneration of liver.
- a. neonatorum — see adiponecrosis neonatorum.
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