Hyperlipemia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lipemia \lip*e"mi*a\ (l[i^]p*[=e]"m[-e]*[.a]), n. [Gr. li`pos
     fat + 'ai^ma blood.] (Med.)
     The presence of an abnormally high concentration of lipid in
     the blood. Called also {hyperlipemia}, {hyperlipidemia},
     {hyperlipoidemia}, {lipidemia}, {lipoidemia}.
     [PJC] lipfern



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hyperlipemia
       n : presence of excess lipids in the blood [syn: {lipemia}, {lipaemia},
            {lipidemia}, {lipidaemia}, {lipoidemia}, {lipoidaemia},
           {hyperlipaemia}, {hyperlipidemia}, {hyperlipidaemia}, {hyperlipoidemia},
            {hyperlipoidaemia}]