Home › Words › M › macrolipasemacrolipasemacrolipase means A macroenzyme form of a lipase, such as the macromolecular pancreatic lipase sometimes (but not always) correlated with acute pancreatitis or celiac disease.EtymologyFrom macro- + lipase.nounA macroenzyme form of a lipase, such as the macromolecular pancreatic lipase sometimes (but not always) correlated with acute pancreatitis or celiac disease.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.macrolipasemia 69% match — The presence of macrolipases in the blood; when clinically detected, macrolipasemia has usually produced hyperlipasemia because renal clearance does not handle the macromolecules of enzyme in the same way that it would handle normal-sized enzyme molecules. vs macrolipase →macroenzyme 64% match — An enzyme of macromolecular size due to unusual biopolymerization or immune complexing, such as when a normal enzyme is protein-bound, typically by immunoglobulins (antibodies); macroenzymes by themselves are not always pathophysiologic or pathogenic, but their occurrence is increased in certain diseases (their formation is encouraged by some pathogenetic processes). vs macrolipase →macropathological 59% match — Relating to macropathology. vs macrolipase →macrococcal 59% match — Of or pertaining to a macrococcus. vs macrolipase →macrolithic 58% match — Relating to a macrolith vs macrolipase →macromolecule 58% match — A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins). vs macrolipase →macromeric 57% match — Of or relating to a macromere. vs macrolipase →macrococcus 57% match — A bacterium of the genus Macrococcus. vs macrolipase →