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aleptinemia

aleptinemia noun: the absence of the hormone leptin in the bloodstream.

Noun

aleptinemia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The absence of the hormone leptin in the bloodstream
    • Thus, we now know of two distinct human diseases where the correction of near aleptinemia is of major therapeutic benefit.2002 May 15, D.B. Savage, S. O’Rahilly, “Leptin: a novel therapeutic role in lipodystrophy”, in Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 109, number 10, pages 1285–6

Origin of aleptinemia

From a- + leptin + -emia; compare the more common hypoleptinemia.

Questions about aleptinemia

What does aleptinemia mean?
Aleptinemia means the absence of the hormone leptin in the bloodstream.
What part of speech is aleptinemia?
Aleptinemia is a noun.

Words near aleptinemia in the dictionary

  1. Aleppoan
  2. Aleppoans
  3. alepposide
  4. aleprechaunist
  5. aleprechaunists
  6. aleptinemia
  7. alerce
  8. alerces
  9. alerion
  10. alerions
  11. alert

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