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lipohyalinosis

lipohyalinosis noun: a disease that affects the small arteries, arterioles or capillaries in the brain.

Noun

lipohyalinosis (uncountable)

  1. A disease that affects the small arteries, arterioles or capillaries in the brain

Origin of lipohyalinosis

From lipo- + hyalinosis (although nothing to do with lipid).

Questions about lipohyalinosis

What does lipohyalinosis mean?
Lipohyalinosis means a disease that affects the small arteries, arterioles or capillaries in the brain.
What part of speech is lipohyalinosis?
Lipohyalinosis is a noun.

Words near lipohyalinosis in the dictionary

  1. lipohemarthrosis
  2. lipoheptapeptide
  3. lipoheptapeptides
  4. lipohexapeptide
  5. lipohexapeptides
  6. lipohyalinosis
  7. lipohyperplasia
  8. lipohyperplasias
  9. lipohypertrophies
  10. lipohypertrophy
  11. lipoic

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