hyperlipemia n 1: presence of excess lipids in the blood [syn: {lipemia}, {lipaemia}, {lipidemia}, {lipidaemia}, {lipoidemia}, {lipoidaemia}, {hyperlipemia}, {hyperlipaemia}, {hyperlipidemia}, {hyperlipidaemia}, {hyperlipoidemia}, {hyperlipoidaemia}]
lipemia \lip*e"mi*a\ (l[i^]p*[=e]"m[-e]*[.a]), n. [Gr. li`pos fat + 'ai^ma blood.] (Med.) The presence of an abnormally high concentration of lipid in the blood. Called also {hyperlipemia}, {hyperlipidemia}, {hyperlipoidemia}, {lipidemia}, {lipoidemia}. [PJC] lipfern