HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperlipoproteinemia mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

metabolic disorder (a disorder or defect of metabolism)

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

hyperbetalipoproteinemia (a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of beta-lipoproteins and cholesterol; can lead to atherosclerosis at an early age)

 Context examples 

L-carnitine L-tartrate increases fatty acid oxidation and reduces purine catabolism and free radical formation, which may prevent exercise fatigue, muscle weakness, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, and hyperlipoproteinemia.

(L-Carnitine L-Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with type III hyperlipoproteinemia.

(APOE wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)