| lipaemia | <biochemistry> Presence of an abnormally high amount of lipid in the bloodstream. Origin: Gr. Haima = blood (18 Nov 1997) |
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| lipaemia retinalis | A creamy appearance of the retinal blood vessels that occurs when the lipids of the blood exceed 5%. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alimentary lipaemia | Relatively transient lipaemia occurring after the ingestion of foods with a large content of fat. Synonym: postprandial lipaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| postprandial lipaemia | Relatively transient lipaemia occurring after the ingestion of foods with a large content of fat. Synonym: postprandial lipaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diabetic lipaemia | Development of lactescent plasma upon ingestion of dietary lipids; a rare manifestation of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus caused by defective metabolism of dietary lipids and abolished by the administration of insulin. (05 Mar 2000) |