high cholesterol
Definition of high cholesterol
: 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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: rising or extending upward a great distance : taller than average, usual, or expected
: having a specified height or elevation : tall
: situated or passing above the normal level, surface, base of measurement, or elevation
: at or to a high place, altitude, level, or degree
: well, luxuriously
: an elevated place or region: such as
: hill, knoll
: the space overhead : sky
: a steroid alcohol C27H45OH that is present in animal cells and body fluids, regulates membrane fluidity, and functions as a precursor molecule in various metabolic pathways and as a constituent of LDL may cause atherosclerosis — compare bad cholesterol, good cholesterol
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