HYPERCALCAEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypercalcaemia mean? 

• HYPERCALCAEMIA (noun)
  The noun HYPERCALCAEMIA has 1 sense:

1. the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease

  Familiarity information: HYPERCALCAEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERCALCAEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hypercalcaemia; hypercalcemia

Hypernyms ("hypercalcaemia" 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)