lipoidosis Med.
(lɪpɔɪˈdəʊsɪs)
Pl. lipoidoses.
[f. as prec. + -osis.]
= lipidosis.
| 1932 Amer. Jrnl. Dis. Children XLIV. 1117 Niemann-Pick's disease..is called phosphatide cell lipoidosis. Ibid., Christian's disease..is called cholesterol cell lipoidosis. 1936 Proc. R. Soc. Med. XXIX. 585 The three principal types of these lipoidoses are Schüller-Christian's disease, the spleno-hepatomegaly of Gaucher and the spleno-hepatomegaly of Niemann-Pick. 1962 Lancet 13 Jan. 64/1 When infections, blood dyscrasias, lipoidoses, reticuloses,..and congenital fibrosis..are excluded there remain some instances in which no obvious disorder can be demonstrated. |