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hyperghrelinemia

hyperghrelinemia noun: the presence of excessive ghrelin in the blood.

Noun

hyperghrelinemia (uncountable)

  1. The presence of excessive ghrelin in the blood
    • However, hyperghrelinemia is unlikely to arise from leptin resistance, as ghrelin levels are not elevated in obese subjects homozygous for an inactivating LepR mutation.2002, DE Cummings, “Elevated plasma ghrelin levels in Prader–Willi syndrome”, in Nature Medicine, page 643

Origin of hyperghrelinemia

From hyper- + ghrelin + -emia.

Questions about hyperghrelinemia

What does hyperghrelinemia mean?
Hyperghrelinemia means the presence of excessive ghrelin in the blood.
What part of speech is hyperghrelinemia?
Hyperghrelinemia is a noun.

Words near hyperghrelinemia in the dictionary

  1. hypergeusic
  2. hypergeustia
  3. hyperghetto
  4. hyperghettoes
  5. hyperghettos
  6. hyperghrelinemia
  7. hypergiant
  8. hypergiants
  9. hyperglobal
  10. hyperglobalism
  11. hyperglobalist

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