lipogenesis

lipogenesis
The production of fat, either fatty degeneration or fatty infiltration; also applied to the normal deposition of fat or to the conversion of carbohydrate or protein to fat. SYN: adipogenesis. [lipo- + G. genesis, production]

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li·po·gen·e·sis -'jen-ə-səs n, pl -e·ses -.sēz
1) formation of fat in the living body esp. when excessive or abnormal
2) the formation of fatty acids from acetyl coenzyme A in the living body
li·po·ge·net·ic -jə-'net-ik adj

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n.
the process by which glucose and other substances, derived from carbohydrate in the diet, are converted to fatty acid in the body.

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lipo·gen·e·sis (lip″o-genґə-sis) [lipo- + genesis] the formation of fat; the transformation of nonfat food materials into body fat.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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