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HYPOLIPOPROTEINEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in low levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hypolipoproteinemia" is a kind of...):
metabolic disorder (a disorder or defect of metabolism)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hypolipoproteinemia"):
hypobetalipoproteinemia (a hereditary disorder characterized by low levels of beta-lipoproteins and lipids and cholesterol)