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lipedema

[ lip-i-dee-muh ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a chronic condition most common in women that is characterized by unusual, uneven, painful accumulation and distribution of fat in the calves, thighs, buttocks, or sometimes upper arms.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lipedema1

lip- ( def ) + edema ( def ); coined by U.S. physicians Lester E. Wold (1914–83), Edgar A. Hines, Jr. (1905–78), and Edgar V. Allen (1900–61) in their article “Lipedema of the legs: a syndrome characterized by fat legs and edema” (1951)

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