necrobiosis lipoidica
/ˌnɛkrə(ʊ)bʌɪˈəʊsɪs lɪˈpɔɪdɪkə/Medicine
noun
A disorder characterized by yellowish, atrophic patches on the skin, most commonly of the shins, often found in association with diabetes.
- The full name necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum is now used for the disorder only when it affects diabetics..
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Journal of the American Medical Association. Shortened from scientific Latin necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum from necrobiosis + lipoidica, feminine of lipoidicus + diabeticorum, genitive plural of post-classical Latin diabeticus.
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