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lipoarthritis

 [lip″o-ahr-thri´tis]
inflammation of the fatty tissue of a joint.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

lip·o·ar·thri·tis

(lip'ō-ar-thrī'tis),
Inflammation of the periarticular fatty tissues of the knee.
[lipo- + arthritis]
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lipoarthritis

An older term of uncertain clinical utility for:
(1) Inflammation of periarticular adipose tissue;
(2) Any arthropathy associated with either hyperlipidaemia or a lipid storage disease.
 
It is not used in the working medical parlance.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

lip·o·ar·thri·tis

(lip'ō-ahr-thrī'tis)
Inflammation of the periarticular fatty tissues of the knee.
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