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hypercholesterinemia

hypercholesterinemia noun: an abnormally high level of cholesterin in the blood.

Noun

hypercholesterinemia (uncountable)

  1. An abnormally high level of cholesterin in the blood.

Origin of hypercholesterinemia

From hyper- + cholesterin + -emia.

Questions about hypercholesterinemia

What does hypercholesterinemia mean?
Hypercholesterinemia means an abnormally high level of cholesterin in the blood.
What part of speech is hypercholesterinemia?
Hypercholesterinemia is a noun.

Words near hypercholesterinemia in the dictionary

  1. hypercholesteraemia
  2. hypercholesteraemic
  3. hypercholesteremia
  4. hypercholesteremic
  5. hypercholesterinaemia
  6. hypercholesterinemia
  7. hypercholesterolaemia
  8. hypercholesterolaemias
  9. hypercholesterolaemic
  10. hypercholesterolaemics
  11. hypercholesterolemia

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