Taber's Medical Dictionary
hyperbilirubinemia
(hī″pĕr-bil″i-roo-bĭ-nē′mē-ă )
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An excessive amount of bilirubin in the blood. It is seen in any illness causing jaundice, including diseases in which the biliary tree is obstructed, blood formation is ineffective, or severe hemolysis is present.
SEE: jaundice
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Hyperbilirubinemia." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746726/all/hyperbilirubinemia.
Hyperbilirubinemia. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746726/all/hyperbilirubinemia. Accessed April 20, 2026.
Hyperbilirubinemia. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746726/all/hyperbilirubinemia
Hyperbilirubinemia [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 20]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746726/all/hyperbilirubinemia.
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