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HYPERCALCINURIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypercalcinuria mean?
• HYPERCALCINURIA (noun)
The noun HYPERCALCINURIA has 1 sense:
1. the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the urine; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or osteoporosis
Familiarity information: HYPERCALCINURIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the urine; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or osteoporosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
hypercalcinuria; hypercalciuria
Hypernyms ("hypercalcinuria" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
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