lipophagic
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lipophagic — Relating to lipophagy. * * * li·po·pha·gic .lip ə fā jik, .līp adj of, relating to, or characterized by the destruction of adipose tissue with cellular uptake of the breakdown products (as by lipophages) <lipophagic disease of the knee joint… … Medical dictionary
lipophagic granuloma — a granuloma resulting from loss or breakdown of subcutaneous fat, such as in panniculitis and certain other conditions … Medical dictionary
intestinal lipophagic granulomatosis — Whipple disease … Medical dictionary
Granuloma — A granuloma is one of a number of forms of localized nodular inflammation found in tissues. The fact that a granuloma is localized is important. So is its nodularity. Granulomas have a typical pattern when examined under a microscope. Granulomas… … Medical dictionary
Whipple disease — A form of intestinal malabsorption (an inability to absorb nutrients from the intestine) described in 1907 by the pathologist and Nobel laureate George H. Whipple in a medical missionary who first developed arthritis and then weight loss, cough,… … Medical dictionary
lipophagia — lipo·pha·gia (lip″o faґje ə) lipolysis. lipophagic adj … Medical dictionary
Rothmann-Makai syndrome — a rare syndrome of idiopathic circumscribed panniculitis with fat cell necrosis, lipophagic granuloma, and cyst formation; it usually subsides spontaneously … Medical dictionary
