Meanings
nounlipohyperplasia (usually uncountable, plural lipohyperplasias)
plural lipohyperplasias
- uncountableusuallymedicinehyperplasia involving lipocytes
The patient underwent limited right hemicolectomy, and histology confirmed ileocecal lipohyperplasia.
2013 July 8, Hytham K S Hamid et al., “Ileocecal lipohyperplasia presenting as a chronic sideropenic anaemia”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
- Proto-Hellenic*lípos
- Ancient Greekλῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)
- Englishlipo-
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
- Englishhyper-
- Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
- Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
- Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
- Ancient Greekπλᾰ́σῐς (plắsĭs)
- Englishhyperplasia
- Englishlipohyperplasia
From lipo- + hyperplasia.
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