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lipodystrophy

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lipodystrophy [‚lip·ə′dis·trə·fē]
(medicine)
A disturbance of fat metabolism in which the subcutaneous fat disappears over some regions of the body, but is unaffected in others.


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It can also help prevent insulin resistance, reduce triglycerides and shrink abdominal fat if you have lipodystrophy.
Undesirable effects such as lipodystrophy and lipoatrophy led some women to feel repelled by their bodies.
Then there was the fear of lipodystrophy, abnormal body-fat changes related to the medications.
 
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