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hypocalcemia

noun

Etymology

From hypo- + calcemia or hypo- + calc- + -emia.

  1. derived from αἷμᾰ
  2. formed as calcemia — “calc- + -emia”
  3. prefixed as hypocalcemia — “hypo + calcemia”

Definitions

  1. The medical sign of having an abnormally low concentration of calcium ions in the blood.

    • Near-synonyms: calcipenia, hypocalcia

The neighborhood

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