HYPERLIPIDEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperlipidemia mean? 

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

1. presence of excess lipids in the blood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERLIPIDEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Presence of excess lipids in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hyperlipaemia; hyperlipemia; hyperlipidaemia; hyperlipidemia; hyperlipoidaemia; hyperlipoidemia; lipaemia; lipemia; lipidaemia; lipidemia; lipoidaemia; lipoidemia

Hypernyms ("hyperlipidemia" 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)

 Context examples 

Aberrant expression of the gene is associated with hyperlipidemia.

(LIPC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical presentation includes hyperlipidemia, insulin resistance, and fat atrophy of the face and limbs.

(HIV Lipodystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

A microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor, approved in veterinary use for weight loss and reduction of hyperlipidemia in dogs.

(Mitratapide, NCI Thesaurus)

A renal functional disorder characterized by proteinuria, edema, hyperlipidemia and hypoalbuminemia.

(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Endothelial Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare syndrome characterized by almost complete absence of body fat, accentuated muscularity, insulin-resistant diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hepatomegaly, and hypermetabolism.

(Lipoatrophic Diabetes Mellitus, NCI Thesaurus)

Acipimox has special application for the treatment of hyperlipidemia in non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients.

(Acipimox, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by complete absence of subcutaneous adipose tissue, insulin-resistant diabetes with little tendency to ketoacidosis, hyperlipidemia with subcutaneous xanthomatosis, hepatomegaly, and an elevated basal metabolic rate.

(Lipoatrophic Diabetes Mellitus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)