hypercholesterolemia

English

Alternative forms

hypercholesterolaemia

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ cholesterol +‎ -emia.

Noun

hypercholesterolemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypercholesterolemias)

(medicine) An excess of cholesterol in the blood.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 260:
  An inherited predisposition to heart disease, called familial hypercholesterolaemia, results from a rare ‘spelling change’ in the gene for cholesterol receptors.

Hypernyms

hyperlipidemia

Related terms

hypercholesterolemic

Translations

an excess of cholesterol in the blood

Irish: hipearcolaistéaróiléime f
Italian: ipercolesterolemia (it) f
Portuguese: hipercolesterolemia f
Spanish: hipercolesterolemia f
Swedish: hyperkolesterolemi (sv) c

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