HYPERCALCIURIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypercalciuria mean? 

• HYPERCALCIURIA (noun)
  The noun HYPERCALCIURIA 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: HYPERCALCIURIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERCALCIURIA (noun)

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 ("hypercalciuria" 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)