hypercalcemic
- adjective
- /ˌhaɪpərkælˈsiːmɪk/
- Specialized
- The doctor diagnosed her with a hypercalcemic condition after reviewing her blood tests.
Examples
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Patients may be hypercalcemic as a result of the hyperfunctioning of the preexisting adenoma. This problem may be further compounded by a massive surge of parathyroid hormone that is released into the circulation as the gland necroses.
Academic text (2006) -
In a background of familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia, certain patients would develop cysts of the parathyroids and become hypercalcemic and hypercalciuric.
Academic text (1995) -
Patients who are hypercalcemic often experience symptoms like fatigue and nausea.
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He was hypercalcemic, which led to complications that required medical intervention.
Antonyms
How High
- Specialized
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
hypercalcemic = calcemic (opaque) = hyper + calc + emic
The adjective is formed by adding the common prefix hyper- to the medical adjective calcemic, so the immediate step is regular prefixation.
Etymology
Hypercalcemic comes from the prefix hyper- meaning 'too much', the mineral name calcium, and the ending -emic which relates to 'blood', so it describes a condition of 'too much calcium in the blood'.