hypernatremic

English

WOTD – 11 March 2010

Etymology

From hypernatremia +‎ -ic = hyper- +‎ natremia +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pə.nəˈtɹiː.mɪk/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪ.pɚ.nəˈtɹi.mɪk/

Adjective

hypernatremic (not generally comparable, comparative more hypernatremic, superlative most hypernatremic)

1. (medicine) Having an abnormally high concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
   • 1991, Stephen Brennan & J. Carlos Ayus, "Treatment of Hypoosmolar and Hyperosmolar States", chapter 1 in Wadi N. Suki & Shaul G. Massry (eds.), Therapy of Renal Diseases and Related Disorders, page 11

     Although nearly half the hypernatremic patients had a febrile illness, other associated conditions assume more prominence than in infants.

   • 2008, Robert W. Schrier, Manual of Nephrology: Diagnosis and Therapy, page 35:

     In all hypernatremic patients who primarily have water losses without electrolyte losses, the urine sodium excretion concentration merely reflects sodium intake.

Antonyms

• hyponatremic

Coordinate terms

• hypercalcemic, hypercupremic, hyperferremic, hyperkalemic, hypermagnesemic

Related terms

• hypernatremia
• natremia
• natremic

Translations

having an abnormally high concentration of sodium in blood plasma

• Finnish: hypernatreeminen
• French: hypernatrémique (fr) m or f
• Italian: ipernatriemico
• Portuguese: hipernatrêmico
• Russian: гипернатриемический (gipernatrijemičeskij)