LIPEMIA

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

lipemia (countable and uncountable, plural lipemias)

(medicine, pathology) An excess of lipids or lipoproteins in the blood.

Synonyms

• (medicine): hyperlipaemia, hyperlipemia, hyperlipidaemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoidaemia, hyperlipoidemia, lipaemia, lipidaemia, lipidemia, lipoidaemia, lipoidemia

Source: Wiktionary



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