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hypervolemia

hypervolemia

9.9
The body has too much blood inside it
  • noun
  • /ˌhaɪpərvəˈliːmiə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hipervolemia
  • A patient with hypervolemia may experience swollen limbs due to excess fluid in the body.

Examples

  • In cases of hypervolemia, the blood pressure can rise significantly due to the increased blood volume.

  • Controversy remains about the appropriate schedule for volume expansion, especially in patients with heart failure, in whom the increased risk of AKI should be balanced against the increased risk of hypervolemia.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Doctors monitored the signs of hypervolemia in the patient after administering intravenous fluids.

Synonyms

hydremia
vshypervolemia
  • Archaic
9.9

An excess of fluid in the blood compared with the number of blood cells

describes an overall increase in circulating blood volume rather than dilution

Antonyms

hypovolemia
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Not enough blood to flow through the body properly

How Much Blood

hypervolemia
  • Specialized
9.9
hypovolemia
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Surface Forms

hypervolemia singular
hypervolemias plural

Morphology

hypervolemia = volemia (semi-transparent) = hyper + volemia

The meaning is built regularly from 'hyper-' meaning excessive and 'volemia' meaning blood volume, but the base is a specialized medical term that many learners will not know.

Etymology

Hypervolemia breaks into hyper- meaning 'too much' (the same hyper- in hyperactive) and -volemia meaning 'blood volume' (think of the word volume for amount), so hypervolemia is when there is 'too much' blood in the body's circulation.