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lipomelanotic

lipomelanotic adjective: pertaining to deposits that include a combination of lipids and melanin.

Adjective

lipomelanotic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to deposits that include a combination of lipids and melanin.
    • The term "lipomelanotic reticulosis" was created by Pautrier and Woringer' in 1937, to describe lipomelanotic deposits in enlarged lymph nodes; the condition was associated with certain generalized dermatoses.1954, Oliver Samuel Ormsby, Hamilton Montgomery, Diseases of the skin, page 525
    • Numerous lysosomes were seen in the cytoplasm of alveolar macrophages, usually linked with a lipomelanotic pigment (fig. 87) appearing brown under the light microscope.1990, Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Medica. Monographia, page 111

Origin of lipomelanotic

From lipo- + melanotic.

Questions about lipomelanotic

What does lipomelanotic mean?
Lipomelanotic means pertaining to deposits that include a combination of lipids and melanin.
What part of speech is lipomelanotic?
Lipomelanotic is an adjective.

Words near lipomelanotic in the dictionary

  1. lipomata
  2. lipomatosis
  3. lipomatous
  4. lipomelanic
  5. lipomelanic reticulosis
  6. lipomelanotic
  7. lipomembraneous
  8. lipomembranous
  9. lipomeria
  10. lipometabolic
  11. lipometabolism

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