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From lipoma (“fat tumor”) + -osis (“disease”). By surface analysis, lip- + -omatosis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A condition in which multiple lipomas are present on the body. Full definition →
From lipoma (“fat tumor”) + -osis (“disease”). By surface analysis, lip- + -omatosis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.