familial hypercholesterolemia
noun Pathology.
an inherited metabolic disorder caused by a lack or malfunction of receptors for the low-density lipoproteins that activate removal of cholesterol from the blood. Abbreviation: FH.
Words nearby familial hypercholesterolemia
familial fat-induced hyperlipemia,
familial hemiplegic migraine,
familial high-density lipoprotein deficiency,
familial hyperbetalipoproteinemia,
familial hyperbetalipoproteinemia and hyperprebetalipoproteinemia,
familial hypercholesterolemia,
familial hypercholesterolemia with hyperlipemia,
familial hyperchylomicronemia,
familial hyperchylomicronemia with hyperprebetalipoproteinemia,
familial hyperlipoproteinemia,
familial hyperprebetalipoproteinemia
Medical definitions for familial hypercholesterolemia
familial hypercholesterolemia
n.
type II familial hyperlipoproteinemia
hypercholesterolemia