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<pathology> An inflammatory reaction of the subcutaneous fat, which may involve the connective tissue septa between the fat lobes, the septa lobules and vessels or the fat lobules, characterised by the development of single or multiple cutaneous nodules.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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