Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypocalciuric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hypocal-ci-uric
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having abnormally low levels of calcium in the urine.

Example Sentences

"Mutations identified in patients with familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia, autosomal dominant hypocalcemia, pancreatitis or idiopathic epilepsy support the functional importance of this motif."

Etymology

From hypocalciuria + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hypocalciuria

Inflected Forms

more hypocalciuric (comparative) most hypocalciuric (superlative)

Questions

What does hypocalciuric mean?: Having abnormally low levels of calcium in the urine.
Where does hypocalciuric come from?: From hypocalciuria + -ic.

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