Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: familial hypercholesterolemia
  1. Congenital disorder characterized by high levels of cholesterol and early development of atherosclerosis

Type of: hypercholesteraemia [Brit, Cdn], hypercholesteremia [N. Amer], hypercholesterolaemia [Brit, Cdn], hypercholesterolemia [N. Amer], monogenic disease, monogenic disorder

Encyclopedia: Familial hypercholesterolemia