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lipodystrophy syndrome

noun

Medical Definition of LIPODYSTROPHY SYNDROME

:  a group of side effects of antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection that include high triglyceride levels in the blood, diabetes, and redistribution of fat in the body resulting in changes in bodily conformation and that are believed to result especially from treatment with protease inhibitors

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