HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (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

Synonyms:

hypercholesteremia; hypercholesterolemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypercholesterolemia" 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 "hypercholesterolemia"):

familial hypercholesterolemia (congenital disorder characterized by high levels of cholesterol and early development of atherosclerosis)

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