hypercholesterolemic
- adjective
- /ˌhaɪpərˌkoʊlɛstəˈroʊlɪmɪk/
- Specialized
- Many hypercholesterolemic patients need to change their diets to manage their cholesterol levels.
- hypercholesterolemic patients
- hypercholesterolemic subjects
Examples
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3, 5, 6 ADMA concentrations in plasma are also raised in young hypercholesterolemic patients with normal renal function, and correlate with intima media thickness in apparently healthy middle-aged individuals.
Academic text (2001) -
GRAPHS: Cholinergic-induced changes in coronary blood flow before and after L-arginine in controls (upper) and hypercholesterolemic subjects (lower).
Academic text (1991) -
Vasodilation in response to methacholine was not significantly reduced in the hypercholesterolemic subjects in our study.
Academic text (1992) -
Hypercholesterolemic group
Academic text (1991) -
The effect on forearm blood flow of the two doses of each drug was analyzed for hypercholesterolemic patients and controls by repeated measures analysis of variance.
Academic text (1992) -
Coronary resistance vessels of hypercholesterolemic subjects with no angiographic evidence of atheroma also demonstrate an impaired response to acetylcholine.
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Endothelium-dependent vasodilation is impaired in atherosclerosis, and in hypercholesterolemic animals this impairment occurs before the development of intimal lesions.
Academic text (1992) -
Although sufficient endogenous L-arginine might be present in normal vessels, data from experiments suggest that the availability of L-arginine is a rate-limiting factor in the production of EDRF in hypercholesterolemic animals.
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The doctor recommended a special diet for hypercholesterolemic individuals to improve their health.
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After his diagnosis as hypercholesterolemic, he began exercising regularly and eating healthier foods.
Surface Forms
Morphology
hypercholesterolemic = cholesterolemic (semi-transparent) = hyper + cholesterol + emic
The form is clearly analyzable as hyper- + cholesterol + -emic, but the medical meaning is specialized and not fully predictable from the parts alone.
Etymology
Hypercholesterolemic joins hyper- ('too much') and cholesterol (the fat in the blood), so it simply means 'having too much cholesterol'.