hyperghrelinemia

noun

hyperghrelinemia

noun

Etymology From hyper- + ghrelin + -emia.

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Medicine, Pathology, Sciences The presence of excessive ghrelin in the blood

However, hyperghrelinemia is unlikely to arise from leptin resistance, as ghrelin levels are not elevated in obese subjects homozygous for an inactivating LepR mutation.2002, DE Cummings, “Elevated plasma ghrelin levels in Prader–Willi syndrome”, in Nature Medicine, page 643:

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