hyperkalemia

hyperkalemia
hyperkalemic, adj.
/huy'peuhr keuh lee"mee euh/, n. Pathol.
an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the blood.
[1945-50; HYPER- + NL kal(ium) potassium (see ALKALI, -IUM) + -EMIA]

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