Which of the following terms means fatty mass?
A) lipectomy
B) adiposis
C) adipopathy
D) lipoma
D) lipoma
Lip/o means fat and -oma means a mass; hence, lipoma means fatty mass. Lip/o
means fat and -ectomy means surgical removal; therefore, lipectomy means surgical removal of
fat. Adip/o means fat and -osis means abnormal condition; thus, adiposis means abnormal
condition of fat. Adip/o means fat and -pathy means disease, so adipopathy means fat disease.
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