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n. - The presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood.

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  • Other than egg allergies, vegan diet, or the need to avoid any dietary cholesterol in hypercholesterolemia, eggs are very healthy.
  • Has your doctor said you have high cholesterol (called hypercholesterolemia)?
  • This condition is called hypercholesterolemia, a long word that simply means "too much cholesterol."
  • One such condition includes homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, which is rarer than the heterozygous form.
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