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hypercholesterolemic

hypercholesterolemic

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Having a high level of cholesterol in the blood
  • adjective
  • /ˌhaɪpərˌkoʊlɛstəˈroʊlɪmɪk/
  • Specialized
: hipercolesterolemico
  • Many hypercholesterolemic patients need to change their diets to manage their cholesterol levels.
  • hypercholesterolemic patients
  • hypercholesterolemic subjects

Examples

  • 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.

    Academic text (1992)
  • 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.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The doctor recommended a special diet for hypercholesterolemic individuals to improve their health.

  • 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'.