Hypercholesterolemia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An excess of cholesterol in the blood. countable, uncountable

    "An inherited predisposition to heart disease, called familial hypercholesterolaemia, results from a rare ‘spelling change’ in the gene for cholesterol receptors."

  2. 2
    the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis wordnet

Synonyms

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hypercholesteremia

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"An inherited predisposition to heart disease, called familial hypercholesterolaemia, results from a rare ‘spelling change’ in the gene for cholesterol receptors."

Etymology

From hyper- + cholesterol + -emia.

Related phrases

high density lipoprotein

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