hypocalcemia

English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ calcemia or hypo- +‎ calc- +‎ -emia.

Noun

hypocalcemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypocalcemias)

  1. (biology, medicine) The medical sign of having an abnormally low concentration of calcium ions in the blood.
    Alternative form: hypocalcaemia
    Antonyms: hypercalcemia, hypercalcaemia
    Hypernyms: dyscalcemia < sign
    Coordinate terms: eucalcemia, eucalcaemia, normocalcemia, normocalcaemia
    Near-synonyms: calcipenia, hypocalcia

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