hyperbilirubinemia

(medicine) Excessive amounts of bilirubin in the blood. A severe, prolonged physiologic jaundice.

Greater than normal amounts of the bile pigment bilirubin in the blood, often characterized by jaundice, anorexia, and malaise. Hyperbilirubinemia is associated with liver disease and biliary obstruction, but it also occurs when there is excessive destruction of red blood cells, as in hemolytic anemia.

Excess of bilirubin in the blood; classified as conjugated or unconjugated according to the form of bilirubin present. See also jaundice.

• congenital h. — see gilbert's syndrome.