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Term:
absolute change in adipocyte free fatty acid secretion per unit volume
The difference, reported per unit volume, in the amount of free or non-esterified fatty acid released/secreted from a fat cell between two conditions, for example between the basal or baseline state and a stimulated state, such as occurs with administration of a hormone which stimulates lipolysis.
Comment:
The term "absolute change" refers to the subtraction of one value from another, as opposed to a dissimilarity of two values expressed as a ratio or as a percentage. In this context it is not intended to necessarily imply the difference expressed as an absolute value |n|, that is, the numeric value of the difference without regard to its sign.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
absolute change in adipocyte free fatty acid release per unit volume; absolute per volume change in adipocyte free fatty acid secretion
related_synonym:
absolute change in adipocyte NEFA release per unit volume; absolute change in adipocyte NEFA secretion per unit volume; absolute change in adipocyte non-esterified fatty acid release per unit volume; absolute change in adipocyte non-esterified fatty acid secretion per unit volume; adipocyte incremental NEFA secretion per unit volume; adipocyte incremental free fatty acid secretion per unit volume