lipemia /lip·emia/ (lĭ-pe´me-ah) hyperlipidemia.lipe´mic
lipemia
lipemia [lĭ-pe´me-ah]
lipemia (liˈ·p
·mēˑ·),
alimentary lipemia that occurring after ingestion of food.
lipemia retina´lis that manifested by a milky appearance of the veins and arteries of the retina.
li·pe·mi·a (l -p  m- )n. See hyperlipidemia. |
lipemia
[lipē′mē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, lipos + haima, blood
a condition in which increased amounts of lipids are present in the blood, a normal occurrence after eating.
lipemia [lĭ-pe´me-ah]
alimentary lipemia that occurring after eating.
lipemia retina´lis a milky appearance of the veins and arteries of the retina, occurring when the lipids of the blood exceed 5 per cent and in diabetes mellitus and leukemia.
lipemia (liˈ·p
·mēˑ·),n presence of high concentration of lipids in the bloodstream; normally observed after eating.
lipemia
an excess of lipids in the blood; hyperlipemia.
alimentary lipemia
postprandial lipemia (below).
fasting lipemia
that present when food has been withheld for at least 24 hours.
postprandial lipemia
a physiological effect that occurs between 2 and 12 hours after the ingestion of food high in lipids.
lipemia-refrigeration test
refrigeration of a lipemic blood sample may distinguish between triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, which persist in the turbid sample, and chylomicra, which rise to form a flocculent top layer while the sample clears.
lipemia retinalis
that manifested by a milky appearance of the veins and arteries of the retina. Seen in hyperlipoproteinemia in dogs.
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