Medical Terminology / Unit 5 MedTerm 0273 short lesson, about 20 seconds
adip/o and lip/o: Fat
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The idea
The combining forms adip slash o and lip slash o both name fat, adip from Latin and lip from Greek.
In practice
A lipoma is a benign mass of fat tissue.
Where people slip
Adipose is the standard adjective. Lipoid means resembling fat rather than being fat.
Your place on the trail
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