adiposis

adiposis

 [ad″ĭ-po´sis]

obesity.

abnormal deposits or degeneration of fatty tissue.

adiposis cerebra´lis fatness from cerebral pituitary disease.

adiposis doloro´sa a painful condition due to pressure on nerves caused by fatty deposits.

adiposis hepa´tica fatty degeneration of liver.

adiposis tubero´sa simplex adiposis dolorosa in which the fatty degeneration occurs in nodular masses.

ad·i·po·sis

(ad-i-pō'sis),

Excessive local or general accumulation of fat in the body.

Synonym(s): lipomatosis, liposis (1) , steatosis (1)

[adipo- + G. -osis, condition]

adiposis

/ad·i·po·sis/ (ad″ĭ-po´sis)

1. obesity.

2. fatty change in an organ or tissue.

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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

(1) Adiposis dolorosa.
(2) Obesity, see there.  
(3) Lipomatosis.

ad·i·po·sis

(ad'i-pō'sis)

Excessive local or general accumulation of fat in the body.
Synonym(s): lipomatosis, liposis (1) , steatosis (1) .

[adipo- + G. -osis, condition]

adiposis

a condition marked by deposits or degeneration of fatty tissue.

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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.