hyperkalemia

English

Alternative forms

• hyperkalaemia

Etymology

hyper- +‎ kalemia = hyper- +‎ kal(ium) +‎ -emia

Noun

hyperkalemia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperkalemias)

1. (biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood (above the reference range).

Antonyms

• eukalemia (normokalemia)
• hypokalemia

Coordinate terms

• hypercalcemia, hypercupremia, hyperferremia, hypermagnesemia, hypernatremia

Related terms

• hyperkalemic

Translations

the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood

• Czech: hyperkalemie f
• French: hyperkaliémie (fr) f
• Irish: hipearcailéim f
• Italian: iperkaliemia f, iperpotassiemia f
• Portuguese: hiperpotassemia (pt) f
• Spanish: hiperpotasemia f, hipercalemia f
• Swedish: hyperkalemi (sv)