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lipoatrophy

lipoatrophy noun: the loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.

Noun

lipoatrophy (uncountable)

  1. The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.

Origin of lipoatrophy

From lipo- + atrophy.

Questions about lipoatrophy

What does lipoatrophy mean?
Lipoatrophy means the loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
What part of speech is lipoatrophy?
Lipoatrophy is a noun.

Words near lipoatrophy in the dictionary

  1. lipoaspirations
  2. lipoate
  3. lipoated
  4. lipoates
  5. lipoatrophic
  6. lipoatrophy
  7. lipoautophagy
  8. lipoblast
  9. lipoblastoma
  10. lipoblastomas
  11. lipoblastomata

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