Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, the presence of an excessive quantity of fat in the blood.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.

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  • noun Alternative form of lipemia.

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  • noun presence of excess lipids in the blood

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Examples

  • The urine of one patient became acetone-free while lipaemia persisted.

    Frederick G. Banting - Nobel Lecture 1965

  • The main aim of the project is to understand the mechanism (s) of starch and lipid bioaccessibility from a plant food matrix and the consequential effects on digestion kinetics and postprandial glycaemia and lipaemia using a multidisciplinary approach.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2009

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