Lipomelanotic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Lipomelanotic is an adjective meaning (medicine) Pertaining to deposits that include a combination of lipids and melanin.
Meaning
(medicine) Pertaining to deposits that include a combination of lipids and melanin.
Example Sentences
Dermatopathia lymphadenitis is a chronic lipomelanotic hyperplasia of reticulum cells of the pulp of the lymph-nodes.
Numerous lysosomes were seen in the cytoplasm of alveolar macrophages, usually linked with a lipomelanotic pigment (fig. 87) appearing brown under the light microscope.
The term "lipomelanotic reticulosis" was created by Pautrier and Woringer' in 1937, to describe lipomelanotic deposits in enlarged lymph nodes; the condition was associated with certain generalized dermatoses.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reticulosis, lipomelanic, lipomembranous, lipomembraneous, lipofibrous, fibrolipomatous.
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