HYPOLIPOPROTEINEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypolipoproteinemia mean? 

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

1. any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in low levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOLIPOPROTEINEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in low levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

metabolic disorder (a disorder or defect of metabolism)

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

hypobetalipoproteinemia (a hereditary disorder characterized by low levels of beta-lipoproteins and lipids and cholesterol)