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lipostasis

lipostasis noun: the maintenance of a static level of free fatty acids in the blood.

Noun

lipostasis (uncountable)

  1. The maintenance of a static level of free fatty acids in the blood

Origin of lipostasis

From lipo- + -stasis.

Questions about lipostasis

What does lipostasis mean?
Lipostasis means the maintenance of a static level of free fatty acids in the blood.
What part of speech is lipostasis?
Lipostasis is a noun.

Words near lipostasis in the dictionary

  1. liposomize
  2. liposomized
  3. Liposong
  4. liposphere
  5. lipospheres
  6. lipostasis
  7. lipostatic
  8. liposteroid
  9. lipostomy
  10. liposuck
  11. liposucked

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