HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperbilirubinemia mean? 

• HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA (noun)
  The noun HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA has 1 sense:

1. abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood

  Familiarity information: HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hyperbilirubinemia" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hyperbilirubinemia"):

hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn; neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (a common disorder that is usually due to immaturity of the liver; usually subsides spontaneously)

Holonyms ("hyperbilirubinemia" is a part of...):

icterus; jaundice (yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia)

 Context examples 

Yellow pigmentation of the skin, mucous membranes and eyes due to hyperbilirubinemia caused by inspissated bile plugs in the bile ducts during the perinatal period.

(Perinatal Jaundice due to Inspissated Bile Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign, autosomally recessive inherited hyperbilirubinemia characterized by the presence of a dark pigment in the centrilobular region of the liver cells.

(Dubin-Johnson Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Yellow pigmentation of the skin, mucous membranes, and the eyes due to hyperbilirubinemia.

(Jaundice, NCI Thesaurus)

An autosomal recessive inherited disorder characterized by unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia, resulting in harmless intermittent jaundice.

(Gilbert Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The clinical signs and symptoms include hyperbilirubinemia, hepatomegaly, and fluid retention.

(Liver Veno-Occlusive Disease, NCI Thesaurus)