Aleptinemia

Origin

From a- + leptin + -emia; compare the more common hypoleptinemia.

Full definition of aleptinemia

Noun

1. (rare, medicine) The absence of the hormone leptin in the bloodstream
• 2002 May 15, D.B. Savage and S. O’Rahilly, “Leptin: a novel therapeutic role in lipodystrophy”, in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 109, issue 10, pages 1285-6:Thus, we now know of two distinct human diseases where the correction of near aleptinemia is of major therapeutic benefit.