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Hyperlipidaemia
Meaning: Raised levels of fats such as cholesterol or triglycerides in the blood.
In practice: Familial hyperlipidaemia was suspected given his father's heart attack at forty.
Word parts
- hyper- means above or more than normal
- -aemia means a condition of the blood
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