hyperbetalipoproteinemia

1. 1.

   a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of beta-lipoproteins and cholesterol; can lead to atherosclerosis at an early age

   Broaderhyperlipoproteinemiagenetic disease

Other forms of hyperbetalipoproteinemia

plural

hyperbetalipoproteinemias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hyperbetalipoproteinemia

What does hyperbetalipoproteinemia mean?

hyperbetalipoproteinemia means "a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of beta-lipoproteins and cholesterol; can lead to atherosclerosis at an early age".

How many syllables are in hyperbetalipoproteinemia?

hyperbetalipoproteinemia has 11 syllables: hy-per-be-ta-li-po-pro-te-i-ne-mia. The stress falls on "i".

Is hyperbetalipoproteinemia a common word?

hyperbetalipoproteinemia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.