hyperghrelinemia
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hyperghrelinemia (uncountable)
- (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.