HYPOBETALIPOPROTEINEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypobetalipoproteinemia mean? 

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

1. a hereditary disorder characterized by low levels of beta-lipoproteins and lipids and cholesterol

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOBETALIPOPROTEINEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hereditary disorder characterized by low levels of beta-lipoproteins and lipids and cholesterol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

hypolipoproteinemia (any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in low levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood)

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

abetalipoproteinemia (a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels)

 Context examples 

Mutation of the gene is associated with both familial ligand-defective apolipoprotein B-100 and familial hypobetalipoproteinemia type 1.

(APOB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)