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HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypercholesteremia mean?
• HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA (noun)
The noun HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA has 1 sense:
1. the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis
Familiarity information: HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
hypercholesteremia; hypercholesterolemia
Hypernyms ("hypercholesteremia" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hypercholesteremia"):
familial hypercholesterolemia (congenital disorder characterized by high levels of cholesterol and early development of atherosclerosis)
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