hypercholesterolemia

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1. the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis (noun.state)

hypernym	:	symptom,
definition	:	(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease (noun.state)

hyponym	:	familial hypercholesterolemia,
definition	:	congenital disorder characterized by high levels of cholesterol and early development of atherosclerosis (noun.state)