hyperkalemia

noun

hyperkalemia

noun

Etymology From hyper- + kalemia or hyper- + kal(ium) + -emia.

Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences The condition of having an abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood (above the reference range).

Antonyms: eukalemia, hypokalemia
Related terms: hyperkalemic
Coordinate terms: hypercalcemia, hypercupremia, hyperferremia, hypermagnesemia, hypernatremia

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