paraproteinaemiaparaproteinemian.
/ˌparəprəʊtɪˈniːmɪə/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛrəˌproʊdəˈnimiə/, /ˈˌpɛrəˌproʊtnˈimiə/ Medicine.
The presence of paraproteins in the blood.
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piarhaemia1848
uraemia1853
melanaemia1859
urinaemia1860
lithaemia1874
lipaemia1881
blood urea1883
haemoglobinaemia1885
bacteraemia1890
oxalaemia1892
uric-acidaemia1893
sulphaemoglobinaemia1910
carotenaemia1919
parasitaemia1944
viraemia1947
paraproteinaemia1956
1956 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 20 577/1 It is important to know whether these abnormal protein species represent increases of normally occurring protein molecules (dysproteinemia) or whether their presence actually denotes aberrant protein synthesis (paraproteinemia).
1972 Clin. & Exper. Immunol. 11 488 There were six patients whose disease was associated with an IgM paraproteinaemia..and another six without a paraproteinaemia.
1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 466/1 Some 4 months before admission he was found to have a benign paraproteinaemia and was treated with melphalan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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