Hypercholesterolemia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hypercholesterolemia is a noun meaning (medicine) An excess of cholesterol in the blood.
Meaning
(medicine) An excess of cholesterol in the blood.
Example Sentences
An inherited predisposition to heart disease, called familial hypercholesterolaemia, results from a rare ‘spelling change’ in the gene for cholesterol receptors.
Word Forms
- hypercholesterolemias
- hypercholesterolaemia
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cholesterol, hypercholesterinemia, hypercholesteraemia, hypercholesterolaemia, hypercholesteremia, hypocholesterolemia.
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