Disease or Syndrome
lipoidosis Audio
Subclass of:
Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Etymology:
Greek lipos = fat + eidos = resemblance + -osis = condition
Definitions related to lipoidosis:
  • (lipidoses) Conditions characterized by abnormal lipid deposition due to disturbance in lipid metabolism, such as hereditary diseases involving lysosomal enzymes required for lipid breakdown. They are classified either by the enzyme defect or by the type of lipid involved.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (inborn lipid storage disorder) Disturbance of lipid metabolism with abnormal deposit of lipids in the cells.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Lipid storage disease, any of a group of relatively rare hereditary disorders of fat metabolism, characterized by the accumulation of distinctive types of lipids, notably cerebrosides, gangliosides, or sphingomyelins, in various body structures. Each type of lipid accumulates as a result of a d...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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