hypocortisolemia
English
editEtymology
editFrom hypo- + cortisol + -emia.
Noun
edithypocortisolemia (uncountable)
- An abnormally low level of cortisol in the blood.
- 2015 September 1, “Prenatal and Postpartum Evening Salivary Cortisol Levels in Association with Peripartum Depressive Symptoms”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- While in most cases salivary cortisol concentration is normalised within a two-week period after delivery, an abnormal adjustment to this state may result in a persistent HPA-axis suppression and hypocortisolemia, which is believed to increase the susceptibility to PPD.