HYPERKALEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperkalemia mean? 

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

1. higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood; associated with kidney failure or sometimes with the use of diuretic drugs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERKALEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood; associated with kidney failure or sometimes with the use of diuretic drugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hyperkalemia" 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)

Antonym:

hypokalemia (abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities; associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics)

 Context examples 

A metabolic disorder that is characterized by electrolyte imbalances (e.g., hyperkalemia, hypokalemia, and hypercalcemia).

(Electrolyte Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)