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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 atherosclerosisplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA (noun)


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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