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dysproteinemia

dysproteinemia noun: the presence of abnormal types or amount of protein in the blood.

Noun

dysproteinemia (countable and uncountable, plural dysproteinemias)

  1. The presence of abnormal types or amount of protein in the blood.
    • Decreased albumin is a common form of dysproteinemia. Fundamentally, the decrease can be attributed to either albumin loss or failure of albumin synthesis. Depending on the stage of the disease, it can be associated with either slight hyperproteinemia (acute stage), normoproteinemia (progressive...2008, Jiro Jerry Kaneko, John W. Harvey, Michael L. Bruss, “Interpretation of serum protein profiles”, in Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 145

Antonyms of dysproteinemia

Forms of dysproteinemia

pluraldysproteinemias

Origin of dysproteinemia

From dys- + protein + -emia.

Questions about dysproteinemia

What does dysproteinemia mean?
Dysproteinemia means the presence of abnormal types or amount of protein in the blood.
What part of speech is dysproteinemia?
Dysproteinemia is a noun.
What is the plural of dysproteinemia?
The plural of dysproteinemia is dysproteinemias.

Words near dysproteinemia in the dictionary

  1. dysprosodies
  2. dysprosody
  3. dysproteinaemia
  4. dysproteinaemias
  5. dysproteinaemic
  6. dysproteinemia
  7. dysproteinemias
  8. dysproteinemic
  9. dysprothrombinaemia
  10. dysprothrombinaemias
  11. dysprothrombinemia

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