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cholesterolemia

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cholesterolemia /cho·les·ter·ol·emia/ (kah-les″ter-ol-e´me-ah) hypercholesterolemia.
cho·les·ter·ol·e·mi·a (k-lstr--lm-) or cho·les·ter·e·mi·a (k-lst-rm-)
n.
The presence of elevated levels of cholesterol in the blood.

cholesterolemia
[-ē′mē·ə]
1 the presence of excessive amounts of cholesterol in the blood.
2 the abnormal condition of the presence of excessive amounts of cholesterol in the blood. Also called cholesteremia. See also hypercholesterolemia.

cholesterolemia
hypercholesterolemia.


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