hyperprolactinemia

noun

The condition of having abnormally high levels of prolactin in the blood.

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Meanings

nounhyperprolactinemia (usually uncountable, plural hyperprolactinemias)

plural hyperprolactinemias · alternative hyperprolactinaemia

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineThe condition of having abnormally high levels of prolactin in the blood.

    Dostinex is used for Parkinson’s in other countries but is approved in this country only for a hormonal disorder, hyperprolactinemia.

    2007 January 4, Denise Grady, “Studies Find Harm in 2 Parkinson’s Drugs”, in New York Times
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