Disease or Syndrome
lipodystrophy
Subclass of:
Lipid Metabolism Disorders; Skin Diseases, Metabolic
Etymology:
Greek lipos = fat + dys = faulty + trophe = nourishment
Definitions related to lipodystrophy:
  • A collection of heterogenous conditions resulting from defective LIPID METABOLISM and characterized by ADIPOSE TISSUE atrophy. Often there is redistribution of body fat resulting in peripheral fat wasting and central adiposity. They include generalized, localized, congenital, and acquired lipodystrophy.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A congenital or acquired disorder characterized by abnormal loss or redistribution of the adipose tissue in the body.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A heterogenous group of disorders characterized by loss and/or redistribution of subcutaneous and/or visceral adipose tissue that may be partial or generalized, congenital or acquired.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Collection of rare conditions resulting from defective fat metabolism and characterized by atrophy of the subcutaneous fat; includes total, congenital or acquired, partial, abdominal infantile, and localized lipodystrophy.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Degenerative changes of the fat tissue.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
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