Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An excess of cholesterol in the blood.
- noun A familial disorder characterized by normal concentrations of serum triglycerides and by increased serum concentrations of cholesterol, phospholipids, and low-density lipoproteins.
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- noun medicine An excess of
cholesterol in theblood .
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- noun the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis
Etymologies
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Examples
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Other than egg allergies, vegan diet, or the need to avoid any dietary cholesterol in hypercholesterolemia, eggs are very healthy.
Reduce Or Eliminate Eggs With These Egg Substitutes | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Brown and Goldstein have discovered that the underlying mechanism to the severe hereditary familial hypercholesterolemia is a complete, or partial, lack of functional LDL-receptors.
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Dr. Enig and Sally Fallon call hypercholesterolemia an invented disease, a problem that emerged when health professionals learned how to measure cholesterol levels in the blood.
Anatomy of a statin ad | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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This condition is called hypercholesterolemia, a long word that simply means "too much cholesterol."
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One such condition includes homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, which is rarer than the heterozygous form.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Has your doctor said you have high cholesterol (called hypercholesterolemia)?
WebMD Health 2009
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The researchers also discovered how a mutation in the LDL receptor causes a condition called hypercholesterolemia in some people.
unknown title 2009
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It is well known that not every individual with known atherogenic risk factors, such as hypercholesterolemia, develops atherosclerosis.
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It is well known that not every individual with known atherogenic risk factors, such as hypercholesterolemia, develops atherosclerosis.
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Lack of ApoE results in severe hypercholesterolemia which is necessary for the development of the disease.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jamila Khallou-Laschet et al. 2010
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