hyperbilirubinemia

[hahy-per-bil-uh-roo-buh-nee-mee-uh]

hy·per·bil·i·ru·bi·ne·mi·a

[hahy-per-bil-uh-roo-buh-nee-mee-uh]
noun Pathology.
an abnormally high level of bilirubin in the blood, manifested by jaundice, anorexia, and malaise, occurring in association with liver disease and certain hemolytic anemias.


Origin:
1920–25; hyper- + bilirubin + -emia
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Hyperbilirubinemia has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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hyperbilirubinemia hy·per·bil·i·ru·bi·ne·mi·a (hī'pər-bĭl'ĭ-r&oomacr;'bə-nē'mē-ə)
n.
An abnormally high concentration of bilirubin in the blood.

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