lipodystrophy

Noun

lipodystrophy (countable and uncountable, plural lipodystrophies)

1. A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.
   • Among genetic lipodystrophies, the fat loss is observed either since birth as in congenital generalized lipodystrophy, or it occurs later in life as in familial partial lipodystrophy.2007, Vinaya Simha, Anil K. Agarwal, 18: Inherited and Acquired Lipodystrophies: Disorders of Adipose Tissue Development, Differentiation, and Death, Giamila Fantuzzi, Theodore Mazzone (editors)...
   • HIV-associated lipodystrophy is a syndrome of fat redistribution associated with antiretroviral therapy. Although many of the complications occur most commonly with protease inhibitors, lipodystrophy is associated with all antiretroviral classes.2007, Joseph Z. Lux, Michael P. Mullen, “Chapter 36: Lipodystrophy, Metabolic Disorders, and Cardiovascular Disorders in Persons with HIV”, in Mary Ann Cohen, Jack M. Gorman, editors, Comprehensive...