HYPERLIPIDEMIA

lipemia, lipaemia, lipidemia, lipidaemia, lipoidemia, lipoidaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, hyperlipoidaemia

(noun) presence of excess lipids in the blood

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hyperlipidemia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperlipidemias)

(medicine) An excess quantity of lipid in the blood; a symptom of several medical conditions.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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