hypercholesterolemia

hypercholesterolemia

English

Alternative forms

• hypercholesterolaemia

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ cholesterol +‎ -emia.

Noun

hypercholesterolemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypercholesterolemias)

1. (medicine) An excess of cholesterol in the blood.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 260:

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

Hypernyms

• hyperlipidemia

Related terms

• hypercholesterolemic

Translations

an excess of cholesterol in the blood

Irish: hipearcolaistéaróiléime f Italian: ipercolesterolemia (it) f Portuguese: hipercolesterolemia f Spanish: hipercolesterolemia f Swedish: hyperkolesterolemi (sv) c