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hyperprolactinemia

hyperprolactinemia

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Noun

hyperprolactinemia (usually uncountable, plural hyperprolactinemias)

  1. (pathology) The condition of having abnormally high levels of prolactin in the blood.
    • 2007 January 4, Denise Grady, “Studies Find Harm in 2 Parkinson’s Drugs”, in New York Times:
      Dostinex is used for Parkinson’s in other countries but is approved in this country only for a hormonal disorder, hyperprolactinemia.