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lipidosis Med.|lɪpɪˈdəʊsɪs|
Pl. lipidoses.
[f. lipid + -osis.]
Any disorder characterized by an excessive accumulation of a lipid in certain tissues.
1941S. J. Thannhauser Lipidoses i. 2 A summary of the present knowledge..of lipid substances is..an appropriate introduction to the group of diseases, which are called ‘lipoidoses’ or ‘lipidoses’. 1961R. D. Baker Essent. Path. iv. 47 The lipidoses are conditions in which fatty substances collect in macrophages, sometimes as part of the macrophage (reticulo-endothelial) system, sometimes in ectopic clusters of these cells and rarely in other types of cells. These diseases are also termed lipid-storage diseases. Ibid. 49 Niemann-Pick's Disease. This is a truly systemic lipidosis of the macrophage system, occurring typically in infants, with splenomegaly and hepatomegaly. 1966Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. I. v. 245/1 Different lipids are concerned in each of the primary lipidoses, a different enzyme failure presumably being characteristic of each disease. |