hyperkalemia

English

Alternative forms

hyperkalaemia

Etymology

hyper- +‎ kalemia = hyper- +‎ [[kalium#Latin|kal(ium)|kalium]] +‎ -emia

Noun

hyperkalemia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperkalemias)

(biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood (above the reference range).

Antonyms

Coordinate terms

hypercalcemia, hypercupremia, hyperferremia, hypermagnesemia, hypernatremia

Related terms

hyperkalemic

Translations

the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood

Czech: hyperkalemie f
French: hyperkaliémie (fr) f
Irish: hipearcailéim f
Italian: iperkaliemia f, iperpotassiemia f
Portuguese: hiperpotassemia (pt) f
Spanish: hiperpotasemia f, hipercalemia f
Swedish: hyperkalemi (sv)

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