Lipemia

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Classification according to ICD-10
E78.5 Hyperlipidemia, unspecified
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)
Lipemia versus normal blood plasma

With lipemia ( English lipemia ) a whitish turbidity of the blood serum or blood plasma designated by the fatty substances ( lipids ), and more chylomicrons is obtained.

Origin of the word

Occurrence

Lipemia occurs after eating in diabetes mellitus and disorders of lipid metabolism.