aleptinemia

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English

Etymology

From a- +‎ leptin +‎ -emia; compare the more common hypoleptinemia.

Noun

aleptinemia (uncountable)

  1. (rare, medicine) The absence of the hormone leptin in the bloodstream
    • 2002 May 15, D.B. Savage, S. O’Rahilly, “Leptin: a novel therapeutic role in lipodystrophy”, in Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 109, number 10, pages 1285–6:
      Thus, we now know of two distinct human diseases where the correction of near aleptinemia is of major therapeutic benefit.

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