hypercholesteremia

Questions about hypercholesteremia

What does hypercholesteremia mean?

hypercholesteremia means "the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis".

How many syllables are in hypercholesteremia?

hypercholesteremia has 8 syllables and divides as hy-per-cho-le-ste-re-mi-a under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hypercholesteremia?

Close synonyms include hypercholesterolemia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hypercholesteremia a common word?

hypercholesteremia 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.