HYPOCALCAEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypocalcaemia mean? 

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

1. abnormally low level of calcium in the blood; associated with hypoparathyroidism or kidney malfunction or vitamin D deficiency

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOCALCAEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally low level of calcium in the blood; associated with hypoparathyroidism or kidney malfunction or vitamin D deficiency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hypocalcaemia; hypocalcemia

Hypernyms ("hypocalcaemia" 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)

 Context examples 

Hypocalcaemia is an electrolyte disturbance in which the serum calcium levels in the blood are low (less than 2.1 mmol/L).

(Hypocalcemia, NICHD)

EXAMPLE(S): hypocalcaemia.

(Performed Clinical Interpretation Toxicity Term Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)