adiposis /ad·i·po·sis/ (ad″ĭ-po´sis)
adiposis dolorosa.
1. obesity.
2. fatty change in an organ or tissue.
adiposis cerebra´lis cerebral adiposity.
adiposis doloro´sa a disease, usually of women, marked by painful localized fatty swellings and by various nerve lesions; death may result from pulmonary complications.
adiposis hepa´tica fatty change of the liver.
adiposis do·lo·ro·sa (d  l -r s)n. Uncomfortable or painful deposits of pendulous or symmetrical nodular masses of adipose tissue in various regions of the body. Also called Dercum's disease. |
adiposis dolorosa.
See Dercum's disease.
adiposis
a condition marked by deposits or degeneration of fatty tissue.
adiposis cerebralis
fatness from cerebral pituitary disease.
adiposis dolorosa
a painful condition due to pressure on nerves caused by fatty deposits.
adiposis hepatica
fatty degeneration of liver.
adiposis neonatorum
see adiponecrosis neonatorum.
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