lipemia

lipemia /lip·emia/ (lĭ-pe´me-ah) hyperlipidemia.lipe´mic

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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.

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li·pe·mi·a (l-pm-)

n.

See hyperlipidemia.

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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.

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lipemia [lĭ-pe´me-ah]

hyperlipidemia.

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.

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lipemia (liˈ·p·mēˑ·),

n presence of high concentration of lipids in the bloodstream; normally observed after eating.

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lipemia

an excess of lipids in the blood; hyperlipemia.

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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.