aleptinemia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
a- + leptin + -emia; compare the more common hypoleptinemia.
Noun[edit]
aleptinemia (uncountable)
- (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[1], 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.