hyperlipasemia

hyperlipasemia

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ lipase +‎ -emia

Noun

hyperlipasemia (usually uncountable, plural hyperlipasemias)

1. The presence of excessive concentrations of lipases in the blood.
   • 2016, “Hyperlipasemia in pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases”, in Pancreas, volume 45, number 2, DOI:10.1097/MPA.0000000000000513, PMID 26752257, pages e2-e3:

     There is a subset of IBD patients (up to 20%) reported to have hyperamylasemia and/or hyperlipasemia without the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.

   • 2016, “Origin, presentation, and clinical course of nonpancreatic hyperlipasemia”, in Pancreas, volume 45, number 6, DOI:10.1097/MPA.0000000000000561, PMID 26646268, pages 846-849:

     The diagnosis of acute pancreatitis (AP) is defined as a constellation of abnormal pancreatic enzymes, imaging, and characteristic pain. The origin and clinical significance of isolated hyperlipasemia is unclear. […] Elevated serum lipase level has many nonpancreatic origins, with liver and renal failure being the most frequent.

Anagrams

• hyperlipaemias