cholesterolemia

noun

cho·les·ter·ol·emia kə-ˌles-tə-rə-ˈlē-mē-ə

variants also cholesteremia

-tə-ˈrē-mē-ə

or chiefly British cholesterolaemia also cholesteraemia

: the presence of cholesterol in the blood

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