hyperghrelinemia

English

Etymology

hyper +‎ ghrelin +‎ -emia

Noun

hyperghrelinemia (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) The presence of excessive ghrelin in the blood
    • 2002, DE Cummings, “Elevated plasma ghrelin levels in Prader–Willi syndrome”, in Nature Medicine, page 643:
      However, hyperghrelinemia is unlikely to arise from leptin resistance, as ghrelin levels are not elevated in obese subjects homozygous for an inactivating LepR mutation.
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