hyperlipidemia

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noun

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

Similar
lipemialipaemialipidemialipidaemialipoidemialipoidaemiahyperlipemiahyperlipaemia
Opposite
hypolipidemia
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Meanings

nounhyperlipidemia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperlipidemias)

plural hyperlipidemias

  1. countableuncountablemedicineAn excess quantity of lipid in the blood; a symptom of several medical conditions.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
hypolipidemia

nounpresence of excess lipids in the blood

Similar
lipemialipaemialipidemialipidaemialipoidemialipoidaemiahyperlipemiahyperlipaemiahyperlipidaemiahyperlipoidemiahyperlipoidaemia
Broader
symptom
Also see
hyperlipaemiahyperlipemiahyperlipoidemialipemialipidemialipoidemia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From hyper- + lipid + -emia.

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Translations

Arabic فَرْط شَحْمِيَّات الدَّم
  • فَرْط شَحْمِيَّات الدَّم (farṭ šaḥmiyyāt ad-dam)excess quantity of lipid in the blood
Chinese Mandarin 高脂血
  • 高脂血 (gāozhīxuè)excess quantity of lipid in the blood
Finnish hyperlipidemia, hyperlipemia
  • hyperlipidemiaexcess quantity of lipid in the blood
  • hyperlipemiaexcess quantity of lipid in the blood
Russian гиперлипидеми́я
  • гиперлипидеми́я (giperlipidemíja)excess quantity of lipid in the blood
Turkish hiperlipidemi
  • hiperlipidemiexcess quantity of lipid in the blood
Cite this entry
APA

hyperlipidemia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperlipidemia

MLA

“hyperlipidemia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperlipidemia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperlipidemia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperlipidemia.

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