high cholesterol
noun
: too much cholesterol in one's blood
My doctor told me that high cholesterol can lead to serious medical problems such as heart attacks and strokes.
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Take, for example, someone with devastatingly high cholesterol, at a high risk of early death from cardiovascular disease.
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Fyodor Urnov, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
In his mid-forties, Todd was diagnosed with high cholesterol.
—Longreads, 9 July 2024
Saladino contends that the traditional food pyramid, with its broad base of plant foods that narrows into animal foods, is upside down and that the medical establishment’s view that high cholesterol causes heart disease is wrong.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
But for those with partly manageable conditions like high cholesterol or chronic viral infection, there may be less enthusiasm in some folks for this all-or-nothing approach.
—Fyodor Urnov, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
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Fyodor Urnov, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
In his mid-forties, Todd was diagnosed with high cholesterol.
—Longreads, 9 July 2024
Saladino contends that the traditional food pyramid, with its broad base of plant foods that narrows into animal foods, is upside down and that the medical establishment’s view that high cholesterol causes heart disease is wrong.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
But for those with partly manageable conditions like high cholesterol or chronic viral infection, there may be less enthusiasm in some folks for this all-or-nothing approach.
—Fyodor Urnov, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for high cholesterol
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“High cholesterol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20cholesterol. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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